About Barakot Village

Barakot is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 138 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262552
Area (hectares)	163.31 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	138
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
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 Barakot compares

By the 2011 count Barakot is the 80th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 163.31 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Barakot

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

Barakot lies about 39 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 97 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 Barakot
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	12 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	39 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	39 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	97 km

Villages closest to Barakot

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 Barakot

As per the Census of India 2011, Barakot village had a population of 280. That makes it the 80th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Barakot village has 138 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barakot has about 1029 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 Barakot is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barakot covers 163.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barakot falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Barakot is Tanakpur, about 97 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 Barakot.

Barakot is about 39 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barakot is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 12 km away. Pithoragarh is about 39 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.