About Burkot Village

Burkot is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 67 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249180, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	249180
Area (hectares)	27.98 hectares
Population	141
Male Population	67
Female Population	74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,104
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 Burkot compares

By the 2011 count Burkot is the 178th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 27.98 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Burkot

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

Burkot lies about 32 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 31 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 Burkot
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	15 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	16 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	31 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	32 km

Villages closest to Burkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Burkot village had a population of 141. That makes it the 178th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Burkot village has 67 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burkot has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Burkot is 249180. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Burkot covers 27.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Burkot falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Burkot is Dehradun, about 31 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 Burkot.

Burkot is about 32 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burkot is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Dhanaulti is about 15 km away. Mussoorie is about 16 km away. Dehradun is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.