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About Kot Village

Kot is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 282, made up of 115 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,452 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249146, 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 Narendranagar
Pincode 249146
Area (hectares) 118.56 hectares
Population 282
Male Population 115
Female Population 167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,452
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kot compares

By the 2011 count Kot is the 87th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 118.56 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Kot

Kot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kot 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 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
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 20 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 24 km

Villages closest to Kot

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 Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Kot village had a population of 282. That makes it the 87th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Kot village has 115 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 1452 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 249146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 118.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kot falls under Narendranagar 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 village and private bus service as Available within village 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 Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 16 km away. Tehri is about 16 km away. Narendranagar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranakot (under 2 km), Sunarkot (under 2 km) and Amsari (under 2 km).

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

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