About Jhirkoti Village

Jhirkoti is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 112, made up of 44 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,545 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhirkoti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhirkoti village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	63.21 hectares
Population	112
Male Population	44
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,545
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhirkoti compares

By the 2011 count Jhirkoti is the 210th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 63.21 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1228.

Getting to Jhirkoti

Jhirkoti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jhirkoti as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Jhirkoti from other places

Jhirkoti lies about 30 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 48 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 Jhirkoti
Nearest town	Srīnagar	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	30 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	30 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	48 km

Villages closest to Jhirkoti

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 Jhirkoti

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhirkoti village had a population of 112. That makes it the 210th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Jhirkoti village has 44 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhirkoti has about 1545 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

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

Jhirkoti covers 63.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Jhirkoti is Rishikesh, about 48 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 village for Jhirkoti.

Jhirkoti is about 30 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhirkoti is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 5.2 km away. Devprayag is about 30 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.