About Barkot Village

Barkot is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 159 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	72.68 hectares
Population	315
Male Population	159
Female Population	156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
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 Barkot compares

By the 2011 count Barkot is the 91st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 72.68 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Barkot

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

Barkot lies about 5.7 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, 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 Barkot
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	5.7 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	5.7 km
Nearest town	Tehri	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	38 km

Villages closest to Barkot

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 Barkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkot village had a population of 315. That makes it the 91st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Barkot village has 159 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkot has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Barkot is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkot covers 72.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Barkot is Rishikesh, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barkot.

Barkot is about 5.7 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkot is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 5.7 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 5.7 km away. Tehri is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.