About Damkot Village

Damkot is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 72 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,194 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249155
Area (hectares)	23.79 hectares
Population	158
Male Population	72
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,194
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 Damkot compares

By the 2011 count Damkot is the 218th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 23.79 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Damkot

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

Damkot lies about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 24 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 Damkot
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Tehri	16 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	31 km

Villages closest to Damkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Damkot village had a population of 158. That makes it the 218th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Damkot village has 72 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damkot has about 1194 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Damkot is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damkot covers 23.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Damkot falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Damkot is Rishikesh, about 24 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 Damkot.

Damkot is about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damkot is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 16 km away. Tehri is about 16 km away. Rishikesh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.