About Bharkot Village

Bharkot is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 83 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,145 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262532
Area (hectares)	27.78 hectares
Population	178
Male Population	83
Female Population	95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,145
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 Bharkot compares

By the 2011 count Bharkot is the 135th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 27.78 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Bharkot

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

Bharkot lies about 46 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 60 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 Bharkot
Nearest town	Almora	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	28 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	46 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	60 km

Villages closest to Bharkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharkot village had a population of 178. That makes it the 135th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Bharkot village has 83 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharkot has about 1145 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Bharkot is 262532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharkot covers 27.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bharkot falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bharkot is Kathgodam, about 60 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 Bharkot.

Bharkot is about 46 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharkot is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 22 km away. Gangolihat is about 28 km away. Pithoragarh is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.