About Dharkot Village

Dharkot is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 443, made up of 195 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,272 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, 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	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	222.47 hectares
Population	443
Male Population	195
Female Population	248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,272
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharkot compares

By the 2011 count Dharkot is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 222.47 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1206.

Getting to Dharkot

Dharkot is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dharkot as Available within 10+ 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 Dharkot from other places

Dharkot lies about 26 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Raiwala Junction, about 20 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	Yamkeshwar	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Raiwala Junction	20 km
Nearest town	Haridwar	21 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	26 km

Villages closest to Dharkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharkot village had a population of 443. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Dharkot village has 195 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharkot has about 1272 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Dharkot is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharkot covers 222.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dharkot falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dharkot is Raiwala Junction, about 20 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dharkot.

Dharkot is about 26 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 Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 5.6 km away. Raiwala Junction is about 20 km away. Haridwar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.