Elkhotovo (Russian: Эльхотово, Ossetian: Елхот, Elxot) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kirovsky District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. Population: 12,626 (2010 Russian census); 12,208 (2002 Census); 8,574 (1989 Soviet census).