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About Jogta Village

Jogta is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 20 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jogta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jogta village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 37.52 hectares
Population 40
Male Population 20
Female Population 20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jogta compares

By the 2011 count Jogta is the 377th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 37.52 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Jogta

Jogta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jogta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Jogta from other places

Jogta lies about 4.3 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 14 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 Jogta
District headquarters Garhwal 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 5.3 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 14 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 14 km

Villages closest to Jogta

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.

Common questions about Jogta

As per the Census of India 2011, Jogta village had a population of 40. That makes it the 377th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Jogta village has 20 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jogta has about 1000 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 Jogta is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jogta covers 37.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jogta falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jogta is Kotdwara, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jogta.

Jogta is about 4.3 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jogta is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 4.3 km away. Lansdowne is about 5.3 km away. Kotdwāra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gaj Sera (under 2 km), Manpur (under 2 km) and Golikhet (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Jogta today is likely to be higher.

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