About Pharwakot Village

Pharwakot is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 21 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 619 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262555, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pharwakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pharwakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262555
Area (hectares)	283.22 hectares
Population	34
Male Population	21
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	619
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 Pharwakot compares

By the 2011 count Pharwakot is the 186th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 283.22 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Pharwakot

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

Pharwakot 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 Pharwakot
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	19 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	19 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	19 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	77 km

Villages closest to Pharwakot

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 Pharwakot

As per the Census of India 2011, Pharwakot village had a population of 34. That makes it the 186th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Pharwakot village has 21 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pharwakot has about 619 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 Pharwakot is 262555. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pharwakot covers 283.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pharwakot falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pharwakot 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 Pharwakot.

Pharwakot 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.

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