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About Kothyur Village

Kothyur is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 51, made up of 27 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249186, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kothyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kothyur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249186
Area (hectares) 70.52 hectares
Population 51
Male Population 27
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kothyur compares

By the 2011 count Kothyur is the 238th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 70.52 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Kothyur

Kothyur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kothyur as Available within <5 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 Kothyur from other places

Kothyur lies about 12 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 34 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 Kothyur
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 12 km
Nearest town Tehri 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 13 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 34 km

Villages closest to Kothyur

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.

Common questions about Kothyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kothyur village had a population of 51. That makes it the 238th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Kothyur village has 27 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kothyur has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Kothyur is 249186. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kothyur covers 70.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kothyur is Harrawala, about 34 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kothyur.

Kothyur is about 12 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kothyur is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 12 km away. Tehri is about 12 km away. Dhanaulti is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kot Shrikot (under 2 km), Koti (1.8 km) and Kainth (3.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kothyur today is likely to be higher.

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