About Garkot Village

Garkot is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 346, made up of 159 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,176 females per 1000 males. The village covers 334.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	334.92 hectares
Population	346
Male Population	159
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,176
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garkot compares

By the 2011 count Garkot is the 33rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 334.92 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Garkot

Garkot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garkot as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garkot from other places

Garkot lies about 19 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 25 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Garkot
District headquarters	Garhwal	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	20 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	25 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	25 km

Villages closest to Garkot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lansdowne tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Garkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Garkot village had a population of 346. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Garkot village has 159 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garkot has about 1176 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Garkot is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garkot covers 334.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garkot falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Garkot is Kotdwara, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garkot.

Garkot is about 19 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garkot is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 19 km away. Lansdowne is about 20 km away. Kotdwāra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.