About Gadkot Village

Gadkot is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12, made up of 5 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,400 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246173, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246173
Area (hectares)	22.23 hectares
Population	12
Male Population	5
Female Population	7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,400
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 Gadkot compares

By the 2011 count Gadkot is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 22.23 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 Gadkot

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

Gadkot lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, 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 Gadkot
District headquarters	Garhwal	13 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	30 km

Villages closest to Gadkot

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 Gadkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadkot village had a population of 12. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Gadkot village has 5 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadkot has about 1400 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Gadkot is 246173. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gadkot covers 22.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gadkot falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gadkot is Kotdwara, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gadkot.

Gadkot is about 13 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadkot is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Kotdwāra is about 24 km away. Kotdwara is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.