About Harkot Village

Harkot is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 301, made up of 123 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,447 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262554
Area (hectares)	180.51 hectares
Population	301
Male Population	123
Female Population	178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,447
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 Harkot compares

By the 2011 count Harkot is the 49th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 180.51 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, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Harkot

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

Harkot 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 Harkot
Nearest town	Almora	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	28 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	56 km

Villages closest to Harkot

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 Harkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Harkot village had a population of 301. That makes it the 49th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Harkot village has 123 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harkot has about 1447 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

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

Harkot covers 180.51 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.

Harkot falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Harkot 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Harkot.

Harkot 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.

Harkot 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.