About Birakot Village

Birakot is a mid sized village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 602, made up of 283 males and 319 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249122
Area (hectares)	103.33 hectares
Population	602
Male Population	283
Female Population	319
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,127
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Birakot compares

By the 2011 count Birakot is the 29th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 103.33 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Birakot

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

Birakot lies about 19 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 38 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 Birakot
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	19 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	19 km
Nearest town	Tehri	19 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	38 km

Villages closest to Birakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birakot village had a population of 602. That makes it the 29th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Birakot village has 283 males and 319 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birakot has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Birakot is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birakot covers 103.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birakot falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Birakot is Harrawala, about 38 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 Birakot.

Birakot is about 19 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birakot is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 19 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 19 km away. Tehri is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.