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Mehalchaura

मेहलचौरा
Dugnakuri mandal
Pincode 263630
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Ganesh Chaturthi

Mehalchaura observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.

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Temples near Mehalchaura

  • Mansa Devi Temple · 2.2 km

Named places of worship on record

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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Saraswati Devi
Contact: 88****4630
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LGD code
51103
Pincode
263630
Post office
Billori
Population
142
Households
35
Literacy rate
74.6%
Sex ratio
1088 ♀/1000♂
Workers
81
Distance to district centre
24 km
Distance to mandal centre
35 km
Distance to Dehradun
141 km
Distance to Delhi
252 km
Nearest railway station
Ramnagar · 56 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Godi Governnment Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Mehalchaura compares

By population, Mehalchaura ranks #27 of 62 villages in Dugnakuri mandal.

Literacy rate
%
74.6%
+5.4% vs mandal average
Mehalchaura
74.6%
Dugnakuri mandal
69.2%
Bageshwar district
69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,088
+25 vs mandal average
Mehalchaura
1,088
Dugnakuri mandal
1,063
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
Mehalchaura
4.1
Dugnakuri mandal
4.5

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Mehalchaura at a glance

Mehalchaura is a village of 142 people in 35 households (Census 2011) in Dugnakuri tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 27th-largest of 62 villages in Dugnakuri tehsil. Literacy is 75%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,088 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Bageshwar district centre, 4 km from Sirauli, the nearest town, 56 km from Ramnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263630, served by Billori post office; the LGD village code is 51103. The nearest hospital or health centre is Godi Governnment Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Saraswati Devi , and the village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 167 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Palayan

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Mehalchaura · this village14275%
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Nadhan · Champawat61865%1 km W
Nagdol · Gangolihat1 km W
Majgaon · Champawat36384%1 km W
Chahaj · Gangolihat45070%1.4 km NW
Pinana · Champawat32154%1.4 km NW

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Key facts — Mehalchaura

LGD code
51103
Pincode
263630
Post office
Billori
Population (Census 2011)
142
Population (projected 2026)
167
Households
35
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1088
Literacy rate
74.6%
Coordinates
29.83884°N, 79.39244°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bageshwar
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Chandan Ram Dass
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Saraswati Devi
Block / Mandal
Dugnakuri
Getting there

How to reach Mehalchaura

Mandal centre
Dugnakuri · ≈ 35 km
≈ 1 h 13 min by car · 1 h 26 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Bageshwar · ≈ 24 km
≈ 50 min by car · 1 h by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 18,600 people
Sirauli · ≈ 3.7 km
≈ 8 min by car · 9 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun141 kmcapital
  • Delhi252 km
  • Kolkata1205 km
  • Mumbai1366 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationRamnagar56 km
  • Bus stopK.M.O.U. Station Ranikhet22 km
  • Hospital / PHCGodi Governnment Hospital5 km
  • ATM / bankState Bank of India20 km
  • Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum21 km
  • CollegeGovt Post Graduate College38 km
  • Police stationMallital Police Station50 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Mehalchaura

1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.

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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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