About Bharkot Village

Bharkot is a mid sized village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 663, made up of 322 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Chiniyalisaur
Pincode	249196
Area (hectares)	154.55 hectares
Population	663
Male Population	322
Female Population	341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
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 Bharkot compares

By the 2011 count Bharkot is the 15th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 154.55 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Bharkot

Bharkot is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bharkot 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 Bharkot from other places

Bharkot lies about 14 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 59 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 Bharkot
Tehsil headquarters	Chiniyalisaur	14 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	14 km
Nearest town	Tehri	27 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	59 km

Villages closest to Bharkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharkot village had a population of 663. That makes it the 15th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Bharkot village has 322 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharkot has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Bharkot is 249196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharkot covers 154.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bharkot falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bharkot is Harrawala, about 59 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 Bharkot.

Bharkot is about 14 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharkot is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Chiniyalisaur is about 14 km away. Uttarkashi is about 14 km away. Tehri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.