About Darkot Village

Darkot is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 437, made up of 271 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 613 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262554
Area (hectares)	98.36 hectares
Population	437
Male Population	271
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	613
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darkot compares

By the 2011 count Darkot is the 25th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 98.36 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Darkot

Darkot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darkot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Darkot from other places

Darkot lies about 28 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 56 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 Darkot
Nearest town	Almora	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	28 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	56 km

Villages closest to Darkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darkot village had a population of 437. That makes it the 25th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Darkot village has 271 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darkot has about 613 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Darkot is 262554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darkot covers 98.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darkot falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Darkot is Kathgodam, about 56 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Darkot.

Darkot is about 28 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darkot is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 26 km away. Munsiari is about 28 km away. Pithoragarh is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.