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About Palkot Village

Palkot is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 197, made up of 95 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249105
Area (hectares) 125.8 hectares
Population 197
Male Population 95
Female Population 102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palkot compares

By the 2011 count Palkot is the 127th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 125.8 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Palkot

Palkot is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Palkot as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Palkot from other places

Palkot lies about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 36 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 Palkot
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 11 km
Nearest town Tehri 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 32 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 36 km

Villages closest to Palkot

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 Palkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Palkot village had a population of 197. That makes it the 127th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Palkot village has 95 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palkot has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Palkot is 249105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palkot covers 125.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Palkot is Rishikesh, about 36 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Palkot.

Palkot is about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palkot is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 11 km away. Tehri is about 11 km away. Narendranagar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gaunsari (2.1 km), Digwali (2.9 km) and Shrikot (4.3 km).

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

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