About Kot Village

Kot is a small village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 205 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Chiniyalisaur
Pincode	249196
Area (hectares)	306.22 hectares
Population	396
Male Population	205
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kot compares

By the 2011 count Kot is the 45th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 306.22 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Kot

Kot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kot as Available within 5 - 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 Kot from other places

Kot lies about 18 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 43 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 Kot
Tehsil headquarters	Chiniyalisaur	18 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	18 km
Nearest town	Tehri	26 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	43 km

Villages closest to Kot

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 Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Kot village had a population of 396. That makes it the 45th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Kot village has 205 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

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

Kot covers 306.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kot falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kot is Dehradun, about 43 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 10+ km distance for Kot.

Kot is about 18 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kot is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Chiniyalisaur is about 18 km away. Uttarkashi is about 18 km away. Tehri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.