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Ancestral home of '62 war hero in Uttarakhand to be made museum
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- LGD code
- 53220
- Pincode
- 263623
- Post office
- Panuwanaula
- Population
- 233
- Households
- 54
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1589 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 136
Census 2011 · in context
How Ban Thoke compares
By population, Ban Thoke ranks #52 of 117 villages in Dhaulchhina mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.8%
+0.6% vs mandal average
Ban Thoke67.8%
Dhaulchhina mandal67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,589
+499 vs mandal average
Ban Thoke1,589
Dhaulchhina mandal1,090
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.4 vs mandal average
Ban Thoke4.3
Dhaulchhina mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ban Thoke at a glance
Ban Thoke is a village of 233 people in 54 households (Census 2011) in Dhaulchhina tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 52nd-largest of 117 villages in Dhaulchhina tehsil. Literacy is 68%, about the same as the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,589 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 263623, served by Panuwanaula post office; the LGD village code is 53220. The village votes in Someshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rekha Arya. The population is estimated at 275 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Ban Thoke
- LGD code
- 53220
- Pincode
- 263623
- Post office
- Panuwanaula
- Population (Census 2011)
- 233
- Population (projected 2026)
- 275
- Households
- 54
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1589
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Someshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rekha Arya
- Block / Mandal
- Dhaulchhina
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- Dugari
- Khas Tilari
- Palyun May Chak
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- Nali Malli
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- Puna Kote
- Khankari Gunth
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- Nali Talli
- Chhani
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- Digoli
- Thiklana
- Bartoli
- Kwite
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- Beena
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)