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- LGD code
- 53689
- Pincode
- 263623
- Post office
- Panuwanaula
- Population
- 338
- Households
- 64
- Literacy rate
- 66.3%
- Sex ratio
- 931 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 184
- Distance to district centre
- 49 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 199 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 279 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 44 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Naini · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tarkot compares
By population, Tarkot ranks #43 of 195 villages in Bhanoli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.3%
+4.3% vs mandal average
- Tarkot
- 66.3%
- Bhanoli mandal
- 62.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
931
−212 vs mandal average
- Tarkot
- 931
- Bhanoli mandal
- 1,143
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Tarkot
- 5.3
- Bhanoli mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tarkot at a glance
Tarkot is a village of 338 people in 64 households (Census 2011) in Bhanoli tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 43rd-largest of 195 villages in Bhanoli tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 931 women per 1,000 men. It lies 49 km from the Almora district centre, 49 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 44 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263623, served by Panuwanaula post office; the LGD village code is 53689. The nearest hospital or health centre is Naini, 15 km away. The village votes in Almora assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manoj Tewari. The population is estimated at 399 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Tarkot
- LGD code
- 53689
- Pincode
- 263623
- Post office
- Panuwanaula
- Population (Census 2011)
- 338
- Population (projected 2026)
- 399
- Households
- 64
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 931
- Literacy rate
- 66.3%
- Coordinates
- 29.53008°N, 79.88494°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manoj Tewari
- Block / Mandal
- Bhanoli
Getting there
How to reach Tarkot
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun199 kmcapital
- Delhi279 km
- Kolkata1146 km
- Hyderabad1358 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam44 km
- Bus stopJeep Stop23 km
- Hospital / PHCNaini15 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank35 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil23 km
- CollegeGovernment Degree College, Kanda31 km
- Police stationThana Bhimtal38 km
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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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