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About Shreekot Village

Shreekot is a small village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 6 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shreekot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shreekot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Chiniyalisaur
Pincode 249196
Area (hectares) 30.32 hectares
Population 11
Male Population 6
Female Population 5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
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 Shreekot compares

By the 2011 count Shreekot is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 30.32 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Shreekot

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

Shreekot 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 Shreekot
Tehsil headquarters Chiniyalisaur 18 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 18 km
Nearest town Tehri 26 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 43 km

Villages closest to Shreekot

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.

Common questions about Shreekot

As per the Census of India 2011, Shreekot village had a population of 11. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Shreekot village has 6 males and 5 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shreekot has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

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

Shreekot covers 30.32 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.

Shreekot falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Shreekot 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shreekot.

Shreekot 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.

Shreekot 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.

The closest recorded villages are Bankot (under 2 km), Kot (under 2 km) and Kotgari (under 2 km).

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

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