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About Dharkot Village

Dharkot is a small village in THALISAIN tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 152, made up of 60 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,533 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246285, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil THALISAIN
Pincode 246285
Area (hectares) 74.6 hectares
Population 152
Male Population 60
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,533
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dharkot compares

By the 2011 count Dharkot is the 210th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 74.6 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 Dharkot

The census records public bus service for Dharkot 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dharkot from other places

Dharkot lies about 60 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 62 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 Dharkot
Tehsil headquarters THALISAIN 18 km
Nearest town Pauri 48 km
District headquarters Garhwal 60 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 62 km

Villages closest to Dharkot

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.

Common questions about Dharkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharkot village had a population of 152. That makes it the 210th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Dharkot village has 60 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharkot has about 1533 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1285.

The pincode recorded for Dharkot is 246285. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharkot covers 74.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharkot falls under THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dharkot is Ramnagar, about 62 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Dharkot.

Dharkot is about 60 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharkot is in THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district. THALISAIN is about 18 km away. Pauri is about 48 km away. Garhwal is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dadoli Talli (under 2 km), Panchtoda (under 2 km) and Dadoli Malli (1.6 km).

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

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