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About Palkot Village

Palkot is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 12 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246167, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246167
Area (hectares) 39.6 hectares
Population 30
Male Population 12
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palkot compares

By the 2011 count Palkot is the 537th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 39.6 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Palkot

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

Palkot lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Palkot
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 20 km
District headquarters Garhwal 32 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 43 km

Villages closest to Palkot

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 Palkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Palkot village had a population of 30. That makes it the 537th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Palkot village has 12 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palkot has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Palkot is 246167. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palkot covers 39.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palkot falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Palkot is Kotdwara, about 43 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 <5 km distance for Palkot.

Palkot is about 32 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palkot is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 20 km away. Garhwal is about 32 km away. Kotdwara is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palota (under 2 km), Marora (under 2 km) and Marora Malla (under 2 km).

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

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