About Kotal Gaon Village

Kotal Gaon is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 158 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotal Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotal Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262554
Area (hectares)	138.52 hectares
Population	303
Male Population	158
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
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 Kotal Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Kotal Gaon is the 48th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 138.52 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Kotal Gaon

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

Kotal Gaon lies about 33 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 Kotal Gaon
Nearest town	Almora	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	33 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	33 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	56 km

Villages closest to Kotal Gaon

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 Kotal Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotal Gaon village had a population of 303. That makes it the 48th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Kotal Gaon village has 158 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotal Gaon has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

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

Kotal Gaon covers 138.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotal Gaon falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotal Gaon 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kotal Gaon.

Kotal Gaon is about 33 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotal Gaon is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 23 km away. Munsiari is about 33 km away. Pithoragarh is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.