About Arakot Village

Arakot is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 431, made up of 204 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249130
Area (hectares)	218.93 hectares
Population	431
Male Population	204
Female Population	227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,113
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Arakot compares

By the 2011 count Arakot is the 49th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 218.93 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Arakot

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

Arakot lies about 10 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 29 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 Arakot
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	10 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	10 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	29 km

Villages closest to Arakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arakot village had a population of 431. That makes it the 49th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Arakot village has 204 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arakot has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Arakot is 249130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arakot covers 218.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Arakot falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Arakot is Harrawala, about 29 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 Arakot.

Arakot is about 10 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arakot is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 10 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 10 km away. Harrawala is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.