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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Garhkot is a village in Pauri mandal, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, with a population of 162 across 40 households. The village has a literacy rate of 72.2%.
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- LGD code
- 45831
- Pincode
- 246172
- Post office
- Satpuli
- Population
- 162
- Households
- 40
- Literacy rate
- 72.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1418 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 86
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 77 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 230 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 50 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Garhkot compares
By population, Garhkot ranks #227 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.2%
+2.5% vs mandal average
- Garhkot
- 72.2%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,418
+232 vs mandal average
- Garhkot
- 1,418
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
4.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Garhkot
- 4.1
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Garhkot at a glance
Garhkot is a village of 162 people in 40 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 227th-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 72%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,418 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 10 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 50 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246172, served by Satpuli post office; the LGD village code is 45831. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic, 3 km away. The village votes in Pauri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Pori. The population is estimated at 191 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Garhkot
- LGD code
- 45831
- Pincode
- 246172
- Post office
- Satpuli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 162
- Population (projected 2026)
- 191
- Households
- 40
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1418
- Literacy rate
- 72.2%
- Coordinates
- 30.14706°N, 78.80618°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pauri
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajkumar Pori
- Block / Mandal
- Pauri
Getting there
How to reach Garhkot
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun77 kmcapital
- Delhi230 km
- Kolkata1270 km
- Mumbai1368 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh50 km
- Bus stopDevprayag20 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Nautiyal's Clinic3 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM9 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum9 km
- CollegeCHAURAS GROUND8 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station23 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Garhkot
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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