About Khurkot Village

Khurkot is a small village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 88 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,205 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249193, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Dunda
Pincode	249193
Area (hectares)	100.42 hectares
Population	194
Male Population	88
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,205
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 Khurkot compares

By the 2011 count Khurkot is the 93rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 100.42 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Khurkot

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

Khurkot lies about 32 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 34 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 Khurkot
Nearest town	Tehri	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dunda	13 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	32 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	34 km

Villages closest to Khurkot

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 Khurkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurkot village had a population of 194. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Khurkot village has 88 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurkot has about 1205 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Khurkot is 249193. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurkot covers 100.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khurkot falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khurkot is Harrawala, about 34 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 Khurkot.

Khurkot is about 32 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurkot is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Tehri is about 12 km away. Dunda is about 13 km away. Uttarkashi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.