About Barkot Village

Barkot is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 24 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	208.32 hectares
Population	52
Male Population	24
Female Population	28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,167
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 Barkot compares

By the 2011 count Barkot is the 177th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 208.32 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Barkot

Barkot is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barkot 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 Barkot from other places

Barkot lies about 27 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, 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 Barkot
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	6.5 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	20 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	20 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	27 km

Villages closest to Barkot

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 Barkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkot village had a population of 52. That makes it the 177th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Barkot village has 24 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkot has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Barkot covers 208.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barkot falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Barkot is Rishikesh, 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 Barkot.

Barkot is about 27 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkot is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 6.5 km away. Rishīkesh is about 20 km away. Rishikesh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.