About Kothar Village

Kothar is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 384, made up of 177 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,169 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kothar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kothar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249155
Area (hectares)	143.41 hectares
Population	384
Male Population	177
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,169
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kothar compares

By the 2011 count Kothar is the 129th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 143.41 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Kothar

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

Kothar lies about 37 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 46 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 Kothar
Nearest town	Pauri	2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	30 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	37 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	46 km

Villages closest to Kothar

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 Kothar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kothar village had a population of 384. That makes it the 129th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Kothar village has 177 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kothar has about 1169 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 Kothar is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kothar covers 143.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kothar is Rishikesh, about 46 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kothar.

Kothar is about 37 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kothar is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Pauri is about 2.3 km away. Ghansali is about 30 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.