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About Dharkot Village

Dharkot is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13, made up of 4 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, 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 Tehri
Pincode 249145
Area (hectares) 31.27 hectares
Population 13
Male Population 4
Female Population 9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 2,250
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 31.27 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1154.

Getting to Dharkot

Dharkot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dharkot as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Tehri 4.0 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 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 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 Dharkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharkot village had a population of 13. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Dharkot village has 4 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharkot has about 2250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

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

Dharkot covers 31.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dharkot falls under Tehri 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 5 - 10 km distance 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 Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 4.0 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 4.0 km away. Rishikesh is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhar Kot (under 2 km), Paturi (1.7 km) and Ojha Nautar (2.2 km).

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

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