About Dharkot Village

Dharkot is a small village in Pratapnagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 224 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,192 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249131, 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	Pratapnagar
Pincode	249131
Area (hectares)	255.39 hectares
Population	491
Male Population	224
Female Population	267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,192
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
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 60th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 255.39 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1142.

Getting to Dharkot

Dharkot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dharkot as Available within village. 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 4.0 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 40 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	Pratapnagar	3.4 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	4.0 km
Nearest town	Tehri	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	40 km

Villages closest to Dharkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharkot village had a population of 491. That makes it the 60th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Dharkot village has 224 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharkot has about 1192 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1142.

The pincode recorded for Dharkot is 249131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharkot covers 255.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dharkot is Rishikesh, about 40 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 - 10 km distance for Dharkot.

Dharkot is about 4.0 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 Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Pratapnagar is about 3.4 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 4.0 km away. Tehri is about 4.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.