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About Panoth Village

Panoth is a small village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 275, made up of 144 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panoth Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panoth village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Dunda
Pincode 249152
Area (hectares) 63.3 hectares
Population 275
Male Population 144
Female Population 131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 910
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panoth compares

By the 2011 count Panoth is the 80th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 63.3 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 Panoth

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

Panoth lies about 15 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 48 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 Panoth
District headquarters Uttarkashi 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Dunda 26 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 33 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 48 km

Villages closest to Panoth

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 Panoth

As per the Census of India 2011, Panoth village had a population of 275. That makes it the 80th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Panoth village has 144 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panoth has about 910 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 Panoth is 249152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panoth covers 63.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panoth falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Panoth is Dehradun, about 48 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 Panoth.

Panoth is about 15 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panoth is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 15 km away. Dunda is about 26 km away. Mussoorie is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jemar (under 2 km), Jineth (under 2 km) and Painthar (under 2 km).

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

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