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About Para Kote Village

Para Kote is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 20 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Para Kote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Para Kote village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262552
Area (hectares) 45.63 hectares
Population 42
Male Population 20
Female Population 22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,100
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 Para Kote compares

By the 2011 count Para Kote is the 300th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 45.63 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Para Kote

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

Para Kote lies about 19 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 77 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 Para Kote
District headquarters Pithoragarh 19 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 22 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 77 km

Villages closest to Para Kote

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.

Common questions about Para Kote

As per the Census of India 2011, Para Kote village had a population of 42. That makes it the 300th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Para Kote village has 20 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Para Kote has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1103.

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

Para Kote covers 45.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Para Kote falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Para Kote is Tanakpur, about 77 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 Para Kote.

Para Kote is about 19 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Para Kote is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Pithoragarh is about 19 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 19 km away. Didihat is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pant Sera (under 2 km), Pari Sera (under 2 km) and Sera (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Para Kote today is likely to be higher.

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