About Bharkot Village

Bharkot is a mid sized village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,252, made up of 637 males and 615 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249165, 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	Dunda
Pincode	249165
Area (hectares)	241.58 hectares
Population	1,252
Male Population	637
Female Population	615
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharkot compares

By the 2011 count Bharkot is the 9th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 241.58 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 1031.

Getting to Bharkot

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

Bharkot lies about 20 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 42 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	Dunda	16 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	20 km
Nearest town	Tehri	24 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	42 km

Villages closest to Bharkot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dunda 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 1,252. That makes it the 9th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Bharkot village has 637 males and 615 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharkot has about 965 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 1031.

The pincode recorded for Bharkot is 249165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharkot covers 241.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bharkot falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bharkot is Dehradun, about 42 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bharkot.

Bharkot 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.

Bharkot is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Dunda is about 16 km away. Uttarkashi is about 20 km away. Tehri is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.