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About Payyan Koti Village

Payyan Koti is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 22 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,545 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Payyan Koti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payyan Koti village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249155
Area (hectares) 11.2 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 22
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,545
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Payyan Koti compares

By the 2011 count Payyan Koti is the 258th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 11.2 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 1240.

Getting to Payyan Koti

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

Payyan Koti 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 Payyan Koti
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 Payyan Koti

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.

Common questions about Payyan Koti

As per the Census of India 2011, Payyan Koti village had a population of 56. That makes it the 258th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Payyan Koti village has 22 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payyan Koti has about 1545 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

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

Payyan Koti covers 11.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Payyan Koti falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Payyan Koti 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Payyan Koti.

Payyan Koti 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.

Payyan Koti 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.

The closest recorded villages are Budkot (under 2 km), Damkot (under 2 km) and Kot (under 2 km).

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

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