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Revenue village·Dugnakuri tehsil·Bageshwar

Salet

Dugnakuri mandal
Pincode 263634
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Ganesh Chaturthi

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

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Temples near Salet

  • Dhaulinag Temple · 3.5 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
Parkash Singh Papola
Contact: 94****9534
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LGD code
51114
Pincode
263634
Post office
Dofar
Population
37
Households
8
Literacy rate
67.6%
Sex ratio
1467 ♀/1000♂
Workers
19
Distance to district centre
30 km
Distance to mandal centre
16 km
Distance to Dehradun
189 km
Distance to Delhi
298 km
Nearest railway station
Kathgodam · 76 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Jalmani · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Salet compares

By population, Salet ranks #48 of 62 villages in Dugnakuri mandal.

Literacy rate
%
67.6%
−1.6% vs mandal average
Salet
67.6%
Dugnakuri mandal
69.2%
Bageshwar district
69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,467
+404 vs mandal average
Salet
1,467
Dugnakuri mandal
1,063
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
Salet
4.6
Dugnakuri mandal
4.5

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

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Salet at a glance

Salet is a village of 37 people in 8 households (Census 2011) in Dugnakuri tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 48th-largest of 62 villages in Dugnakuri tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,467 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Bageshwar district centre, 50 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 76 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263634, served by Dofar post office; the LGD village code is 51114. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Jalmani, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Parkash Singh Papola, and the village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 44 in 2026, up 19% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Akshaura

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Salet · this village3768%
Sildo · Thal8568%0 km N
Syalbey · Thal22365%0 km N
Chalmori · Thal15077%0.7 km E
Kasari · Thal2959%0.7 km E
Tari Gaon · Thal13977%0.9 km NE
Saligaon · Dugnakuri22980%0.9 km NE

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Key facts — Salet

LGD code
51114
Pincode
263634
Post office
Dofar
Population (Census 2011)
37
Population (projected 2026)
44
Households
8
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1467
Literacy rate
67.6%
Coordinates
29.86786°N, 79.92222°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bageshwar
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Chandan Ram Dass
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Parkash Singh Papola
Block / Mandal
Dugnakuri
Getting there

How to reach Salet

Mandal centre
Dugnakuri · ≈ 16 km
≈ 34 min by car · 40 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Bageshwar · ≈ 30 km
≈ 1 h 1 min by car · 1 h 12 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 11,387 people
Kafara · ≈ 50 km
≈ 1 h 43 min by car · 2 h 2 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun189 kmcapital
  • Delhi298 km
  • Kolkata1168 km
  • Mumbai1395 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationKathgodam76 km
  • Bus stopbageshwar bus station15 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Jalmani5 km
  • ATM / bankAlmora Urban Cooperative Bank Limited15 km
  • Petrol pumpHP fuel pump38 km
  • CollegeGovernment Degree College, Kanda6 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Salet

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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