About Tarakot Village

Tarakot is a mid sized village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 513, made up of 250 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Chiniyalisaur
Pincode	249152
Area (hectares)	396.02 hectares
Population	513
Male Population	250
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
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 Tarakot compares

By the 2011 count Tarakot is the 33rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 396.02 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Tarakot

Tarakot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tarakot 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 Tarakot from other places

Tarakot lies about 20 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 Tarakot
Tehsil headquarters	Chiniyalisaur	20 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	20 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	28 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	43 km

Villages closest to Tarakot

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 Tarakot

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarakot village had a population of 513. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Tarakot village has 250 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarakot has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

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

Tarakot covers 396.02 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.

Tarakot falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Tarakot 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 5 - 10 km distance for Tarakot.

Tarakot is about 20 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarakot is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Chiniyalisaur is about 20 km away. Uttarkashi is about 20 km away. Mussoorie is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.