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About Dharkot Village

Dharkot is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 40 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249192, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249192
Area (hectares) 32.76 hectares
Population 90
Male Population 40
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,250
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 Dharkot compares

By the 2011 count Dharkot is the 192nd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 32.76 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Dharkot

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

Dharkot lies about 30 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 7.0 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 Dharkot
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 4.1 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 6.8 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 7.0 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 30 km

Villages closest to Dharkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharkot village had a population of 90. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Dharkot village has 40 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharkot has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Dharkot is 249192. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharkot covers 32.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharkot falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dharkot is Rishikesh, about 7.0 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 Dharkot.

Dharkot is about 30 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharkot is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 4.1 km away. Rishīkesh is about 6.8 km away. Rishikesh is about 7.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pater (1.5 km), Bhekarki Talli (1.6 km) and Barkoat (1.7 km).

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

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