About Birkot Village

Birkot is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 127, made up of 58 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,190 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249145
Area (hectares)	43.61 hectares
Population	127
Male Population	58
Female Population	69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,190
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Birkot compares

By the 2011 count Birkot is the 213th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 43.61 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Birkot

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

Birkot lies about 19 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 38 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 Birkot
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	19 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	19 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	38 km

Villages closest to Birkot

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 Birkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Birkot village had a population of 127. That makes it the 213th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Birkot village has 58 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birkot has about 1190 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Birkot is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birkot covers 43.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Birkot is Harrawala, about 38 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 Birkot.

Birkot is about 19 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birkot is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 19 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 19 km away. Harrawala is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.