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- LGD code
- 51806
- Pincode
- 263667
- Post office
- Bhikiyasen
- Population
- 130
- Households
- 32
- Literacy rate
- 80%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 71
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 132 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 232 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ramnagar · 39 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Matela Almora · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bungidhar compares
By population, Bungidhar ranks #98 of 239 villages in Bhikiasain mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.0%
+10.8% vs mandal average
Bungidhar80.0%
Bhikiasain mandal69.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
−366 vs mandal average
Bungidhar912
Bhikiasain mandal1,278
Household size
people per home
4.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
Bungidhar4.1
Bhikiasain mandal4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bungidhar at a glance
Bungidhar is a village of 130 people in 32 households (Census 2011) in Bhikiasain tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 98th-largest of 239 villages in Bhikiasain tehsil. Literacy is 80%, 11 points above the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Almora district centre, 17 km from Basera, the nearest town, 39 km from Ramnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263667, served by Bhikiyasen post office; the LGD village code is 51806. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Matela Almora, 9 km away. The village votes in Salt assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahesh Jeena. The population is estimated at 153 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Bungidhar
- LGD code
- 51806
- Pincode
- 263667
- Post office
- Bhikiyasen
- Population (Census 2011)
- 130
- Population (projected 2026)
- 153
- Households
- 32
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 80.0%
- Coordinates
- 29.73230°N, 79.22673°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Salt
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mahesh Jeena
- Block / Mandal
- Bhikiasain
Getting there
How to reach Bungidhar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun132 kmcapital
- Delhi232 km
- Kolkata1210 km
- Mumbai1347 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRamnagar39 km
- Bus stopK.M.O.U. Station Ranikhet22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Matela Almora9 km
- ATM / bankCanera Bank Rathkhaal Manila3 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil22 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry42 km
- Police stationKotwali Ramnagar39 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bungidhar
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Talla Manila MandirTemple1.3 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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