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About Singot Village

Singot is a mid sized village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 564, made up of 291 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Singot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Dunda
Pincode 249151
Area (hectares) 164.19 hectares
Population 564
Male Population 291
Female Population 273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
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 Singot compares

By the 2011 count Singot is the 31st largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 164.19 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Singot

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

Singot lies about 51 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 27 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 Singot
Nearest town Mussoorie 15 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Dunda 29 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 51 km

Villages closest to Singot

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.

Common questions about Singot

As per the Census of India 2011, Singot village had a population of 564. That makes it the 31st largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Singot village has 291 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singot has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Singot is 249151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Singot covers 164.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Singot falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Singot is Dehradun, about 27 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 Singot.

Singot is about 51 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Singot is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mussoorie is about 15 km away. Dehradun is about 27 km away. Dunda is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Singoti (under 2 km), Kuleth (1.6 km) and Kunsi (3.7 km).

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

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