About Arakot Village

Arakot is a mid sized village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 748, made up of 417 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 794 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Mori
Pincode	249128
Area (hectares)	219.99 hectares
Population	748
Male Population	417
Female Population	331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	794
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Arakot compares

By the 2011 count Arakot is the 15th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 219.99 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Arakot

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

Arakot lies about 68 km from Uttarkashi. 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 Arakot
Tehsil headquarters	Mori	21 km
Nearest town	Shimla	64 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	68 km

Villages closest to Arakot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mori 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 Arakot

As per the Census of India 2011, Arakot village had a population of 748. That makes it the 15th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Arakot village has 417 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arakot has about 794 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Arakot is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arakot covers 219.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Arakot falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Arakot notes the nearest railway station 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 Arakot.

Arakot is about 68 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arakot is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 21 km away. Shimla is about 64 km away. Uttarkashi is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.