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- LGD code
- 45388
- Pincode
- 249301
- Post office
- Devprayag
- Population
- 491
- Households
- 114
- Literacy rate
- 75.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1072 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 200
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 102 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 239 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 61 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Chipalghat · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nakot compares
By population, Nakot ranks #9 of 221 villages in Srinagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.8%
−1.1% vs mandal average
- Nakot
- 75.8%
- Srinagar mandal
- 76.9%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,072
+29 vs mandal average
- Nakot
- 1,072
- Srinagar mandal
- 1,043
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Nakot
- 4.3
- Srinagar mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nakot at a glance
Nakot is a village of 491 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Srinagar tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 9th-largest of 221 villages in Srinagar tehsil. Literacy is 76%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 77% and the sex ratio is 1,072 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 24 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 61 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249301, served by Devprayag post office; the LGD village code is 45388. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Chipalghat, 14 km away. The village votes in Srinagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 579 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Nakot
- LGD code
- 45388
- Pincode
- 249301
- Post office
- Devprayag
- Population (Census 2011)
- 491
- Population (projected 2026)
- 579
- Households
- 114
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1072
- Literacy rate
- 75.8%
- Coordinates
- 30.04098°N, 79.04955°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Srinagar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Srinagar
Getting there
How to reach Nakot
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun102 kmcapital
- Delhi239 km
- Kolkata1245 km
- Mumbai1369 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara61 km
- Bus stopRatkot16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Chipalghat14 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM34 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum30 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry5 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station28 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Nakot
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Budha Bharsar TempleTemple2.8 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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