About Dharkot Village

Dharkot is a mid sized village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,310, made up of 668 males and 642 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Chiniyalisaur
Pincode	249152
Area (hectares)	324.14 hectares
Population	1,310
Male Population	668
Female Population	642
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharkot compares

By the 2011 count Dharkot is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 324.14 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Dharkot

Dharkot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dharkot as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Dharkot from other places

Dharkot lies about 23 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 41 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	Chiniyalisaur	23 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	23 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	26 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	41 km

Villages closest to Dharkot

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 Dharkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharkot village had a population of 1,310. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Dharkot village has 668 males and 642 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharkot has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Dharkot is 249152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharkot covers 324.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharkot falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dharkot is Dehradun, about 41 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 village for Dharkot.

Dharkot is about 23 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharkot is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Chiniyalisaur is about 23 km away. Uttarkashi is about 23 km away. Mussoorie is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.