About Bijkot Village

Bijkot is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 54 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bijkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bijkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262552
Area (hectares)	91.89 hectares
Population	110
Male Population	54
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
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 Bijkot compares

By the 2011 count Bijkot is the 212th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 91.89 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Bijkot

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

Bijkot 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 Bijkot
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	17 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	25 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	25 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	82 km

Villages closest to Bijkot

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 Bijkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Bijkot village had a population of 110. That makes it the 212th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Bijkot village has 54 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bijkot has about 1037 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 Bijkot is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bijkot covers 91.89 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.

Bijkot falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bijkot 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bijkot.

Bijkot 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.

Bijkot is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 17 km away. Pithoragarh is about 25 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.