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About Garhkot Village

Garhkot is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 67 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,418 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246175
Area (hectares) 139.27 hectares
Population 162
Male Population 67
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,418
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhkot compares

By the 2011 count Garhkot is the 198th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 139.27 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Garhkot

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

Garhkot 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 Garhkot
District headquarters Garhwal 19 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 25 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 31 km

Villages closest to Garhkot

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 Garhkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhkot village had a population of 162. That makes it the 198th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Garhkot village has 67 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhkot has about 1418 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

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

Garhkot covers 139.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garhkot falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Garhkot 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Garhkot.

Garhkot 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.

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

The closest recorded villages are Athul Malla (2.4 km), Bad Gaon Malla (2.4 km) and Harsur Malla (2.4 km).

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

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