About Garakot Village

Garakot is a mid sized village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 538, made up of 224 males and 314 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,402 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Jakhnidhar
Pincode	249121
Area (hectares)	219.46 hectares
Population	538
Male Population	224
Female Population	314
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,402
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garakot compares

By the 2011 count Garakot is the 14th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 219.46 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Garakot

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

Garakot lies about 12 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 35 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 Garakot
Tehsil headquarters	Jakhnidhar	5.9 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	12 km
Nearest town	Tehri	12 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	35 km

Villages closest to Garakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garakot village had a population of 538. That makes it the 14th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Garakot village has 224 males and 314 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garakot has about 1402 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Garakot is 249121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garakot covers 219.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garakot falls under Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Garakot is Rishikesh, about 35 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 village for Garakot.

Garakot 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.

Garakot is in Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Jakhnidhar is about 5.9 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 12 km away. Tehri is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.