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About Bar Kot Village

Bar Kot is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 75 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,267 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bar Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bar Kot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246175
Area (hectares) 100.59 hectares
Population 170
Male Population 75
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,267
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bar Kot compares

By the 2011 count Bar Kot is the 186th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 100.59 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Bar Kot

Bar Kot is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bar Kot as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Bar Kot from other places

Bar Kot lies about 51 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 52 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 Bar Kot
Nearest town Srīnagar 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 9.6 km
District headquarters Garhwal 51 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 52 km

Villages closest to Bar Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pauri 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 Bar Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Bar Kot village had a population of 170. That makes it the 186th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Bar Kot village has 75 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bar Kot has about 1267 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Bar Kot is 246175. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bar Kot covers 100.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bar Kot falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bar Kot is Rishikesh, about 52 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bar Kot.

Bar Kot is about 51 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bar Kot is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 2.6 km away. Pauri is about 9.6 km away. Garhwal is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barkot (under 2 km), Jamari Gunth (under 2 km) and Timari (under 2 km).

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

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