About Kotgaon Village

Kotgaon is a mid sized village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 975, made up of 480 males and 495 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotgaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Mori
Pincode	249128
Area (hectares)	342.61 hectares
Population	975
Male Population	480
Female Population	495
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotgaon compares

By the 2011 count Kotgaon is the 6th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 342.61 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Kotgaon

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

Kotgaon lies about 75 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 Kotgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Mori	26 km
Nearest town	Shimla	68 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	75 km

Villages closest to Kotgaon

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 Kotgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotgaon village had a population of 975. That makes it the 6th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Kotgaon village has 480 males and 495 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotgaon has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

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

Kotgaon covers 342.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotgaon falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Kotgaon 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 Kotgaon.

Kotgaon is about 75 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotgaon is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 26 km away. Shimla is about 68 km away. Uttarkashi is about 75 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.