About Kot Village

Kot is a mid sized village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 593, made up of 267 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,221 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 219155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	219155
Area (hectares)	84.09 hectares
Population	593
Male Population	267
Female Population	326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,221
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 Kot compares

By the 2011 count Kot is the 57th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 84.09 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Kot

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

Kot 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 Kot
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 Kot

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 Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Kot village had a population of 593. That makes it the 57th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Kot village has 267 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 1221 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 219155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 84.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Kot 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 Kot.

Kot 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.

Kot 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.