About Penakot Village

Penakot is a small village in THALISAIN tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 103, made up of 38 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,711 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	THALISAIN
Pincode	246123
Area (hectares)	46.09 hectares
Population	103
Male Population	38
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,711
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Penakot compares

By the 2011 count Penakot is the 265th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 46.09 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1285.

Getting to Penakot

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

Penakot lies about 74 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 61 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 Penakot
Tehsil headquarters	THALISAIN	34 km
Nearest town	Almora	43 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	61 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	74 km

Villages closest to Penakot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in THALISAIN 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.

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Common questions about Penakot

As per the Census of India 2011, Penakot village had a population of 103. That makes it the 265th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Penakot village has 38 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penakot has about 1711 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1285.

The pincode recorded for Penakot is 246123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penakot covers 46.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Penakot falls under THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Penakot is Ramnagar, about 61 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 Penakot.

Penakot is about 74 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penakot is in THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district. THALISAIN is about 34 km away. Almora is about 43 km away. Ramnagar is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.