About Kota Village

Kota is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 121 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,190 females per 1000 males. The village covers 366.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kota village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	366.54 hectares
Population	265
Male Population	121
Female Population	144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,190
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 Kota compares

By the 2011 count Kota is the 38th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 366.54 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Kota

Kota is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kota 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 Kota from other places

Kota lies about 30 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Virbhadra, about 16 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 Kota
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	3.3 km
Nearest railway station	Virbhadra	16 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	16 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	30 km

Villages closest to Kota

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 Kota

As per the Census of India 2011, Kota village had a population of 265. That makes it the 38th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Kota village has 121 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kota has about 1190 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 Kota is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kota covers 366.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kota falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kota is Virbhadra, about 16 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 Kota.

Kota is about 30 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kota is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 3.3 km away. Virbhadra is about 16 km away. Rishīkesh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.