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About Kotdwar Village

Kotdwar is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 74 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,338 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249199, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotdwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotdwar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249199
Area (hectares) 34.19 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 74
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,338
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotdwar compares

By the 2011 count Kotdwar is the 171st largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 34.19 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Kotdwar

Kotdwar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kotdwar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kotdwar from other places

Kotdwar lies about 8.7 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 30 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 Kotdwar
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 8.7 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 30 km

Villages closest to Kotdwar

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.

Common questions about Kotdwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotdwar village had a population of 173. That makes it the 171st largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Kotdwar village has 74 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotdwar has about 1338 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Kotdwar is 249199. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotdwar covers 34.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kotdwar is Rishikesh, about 30 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kotdwar.

Kotdwar is about 8.7 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotdwar is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 8.7 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 8.7 km away. Rishikesh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dikhol Gaon Udaikot (under 2 km), Jaskot (under 2 km) and Khand Birkot (under 2 km).

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

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