About Dhar Kot Village

Dhar Kot is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 213 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,192 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhar Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhar Kot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	91.69 hectares
Population	467
Male Population	213
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,192
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 Dhar Kot compares

By the 2011 count Dhar Kot is the 47th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 91.69 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Dhar Kot

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

Dhar Kot lies about 4.0 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 40 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 Dhar Kot
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	4.0 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	4.0 km
Nearest town	Tehri	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	40 km

Villages closest to Dhar Kot

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 Dhar Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhar Kot village had a population of 467. That makes it the 47th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Dhar Kot village has 213 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhar Kot has about 1192 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1228.

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

Dhar Kot covers 91.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhar Kot falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhar Kot is Rishikesh, about 40 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 Dhar Kot.

Dhar Kot is about 4.0 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhar Kot is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 4.0 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 4.0 km away. Tehri is about 4.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.