About Shrikot Village

Shrikot is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 95 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,379 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shrikot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shrikot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	188.74 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	95
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,379
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shrikot compares

By the 2011 count Shrikot is the 50th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 188.74 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 1206.

Getting to Shrikot

Shrikot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shrikot as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Shrikot from other places

Shrikot lies about 51 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 24 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 Shrikot
Nearest town	Tehri	16 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	31 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	51 km

Villages closest to Shrikot

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 Shrikot

As per the Census of India 2011, Shrikot village had a population of 226. That makes it the 50th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Shrikot village has 95 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shrikot has about 1379 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Shrikot covers 188.74 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.

Shrikot falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Shrikot is Rishikesh, about 24 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shrikot.

Shrikot is about 51 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shrikot is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Tehri is about 16 km away. Rishikesh is about 24 km away. Yamkeshwar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.