About Amkote Village

Amkote is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 37 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amkote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amkote village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262552
Area (hectares)	241.87 hectares
Population	76
Male Population	37
Female Population	39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
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 Amkote compares

By the 2011 count Amkote is the 257th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 241.87 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Amkote

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

Amkote lies about 25 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 82 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 Amkote
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	25 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	28 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	82 km

Villages closest to Amkote

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amkote village had a population of 76. That makes it the 257th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Amkote village has 37 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amkote has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Amkote is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amkote covers 241.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amkote falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Amkote is Tanakpur, about 82 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 Amkote.

Amkote is about 25 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amkote is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Pithoragarh is about 25 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 25 km away. Didihat is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.