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About Bhains Kot Village

Bhains Kot is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 20 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhains Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhains Kot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246001
Area (hectares) 20.72 hectares
Population 37
Male Population 20
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhains Kot compares

By the 2011 count Bhains Kot is the 515th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 20.72 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Bhains Kot

Bhains Kot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bhains Kot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bhains Kot from other places

Bhains Kot lies about 50 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 55 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 Bhains Kot
Nearest town Srīnagar 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 9.0 km
District headquarters Garhwal 50 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 55 km

Villages closest to Bhains 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 Bhains Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhains Kot village had a population of 37. That makes it the 515th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Bhains Kot village has 20 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhains Kot has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Bhains Kot is 246001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhains Kot covers 20.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Bhains Kot is Rishikesh, about 55 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bhains Kot.

Bhains Kot is about 50 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhains Kot is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 6.6 km away. Pauri is about 9.0 km away. Garhwal is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhainsro (under 2 km), Soral Gaon (1.7 km) and Sural Gaon (1.7 km).

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

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