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Galai

गलई
Garud mandal
Pincode 263635
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Ganesh Chaturthi

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

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Temples near Galai

  • Pilot Baba ashram · 4.0 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
JAYANTI DEVI
Contact: 97****0306
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LGD code
51294
Pincode
263635
Post office
Dangoli
Population
631
Households
155
Literacy rate
61.8%
Sex ratio
1399 ♀/1000♂
Workers
322
Distance to district centre
132 km
Distance to mandal centre
127 km
Distance to Dehradun
74 km
Distance to Delhi
274 km
Nearest railway station
Harrawala · 74 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Maneri · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Galai compares

By population, Galai ranks #34 of 196 villages in Garud mandal.

Literacy rate
%
61.8%
−8.0% vs mandal average
Galai
61.8%
Garud mandal
69.8%
Bageshwar district
69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,399
+242 vs mandal average
Galai
1,399
Garud mandal
1,157
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
Galai
4.1
Garud mandal
4.5

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

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Galai at a glance

Galai is a village of 631 people in 155 households (Census 2011) in Garud tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 34th-largest of 196 villages in Garud tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,399 women per 1,000 men. It lies 132 km from the Bageshwar district centre, 74 km from Harrawala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263635, served by Dangoli post office; the LGD village code is 51294. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Maneri, 9 km away. The sarpanch is JAYANTI DEVI, and the village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 744 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Galai

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Galai · this village63162%
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Jhala · Bhatwari64476%3 km N
Malla · Bhatwari84966%3 km N
Kumalti · Bhatwari19475%4 km NW
Saura · Bhatwari51266%3.8 km E
Jadao · Bhatwari13254%3.8 km E

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Key facts — Galai

LGD code
51294
Pincode
263635
Post office
Dangoli
Population (Census 2011)
631
Population (projected 2026)
744
Households
155
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1399
Literacy rate
61.8%
Coordinates
30.74485°N, 78.62559°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bageshwar
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Chandan Ram Dass
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
JAYANTI DEVI
Block / Mandal
Garud
Getting there

How to reach Galai

Mandal centre
Garud · ≈ 127 km
≈ 4 h 20 min by car · 5 h 9 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Bageshwar · ≈ 132 km
≈ 4 h 31 min by car · 5 h 22 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun74 kmcapital
  • Delhi274 km
  • Kolkata1326 km
  • Mumbai1420 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationHarrawala74 km
  • Bus stopBus station8 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Maneri9 km
  • CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS60 km
  • Police stationCheckpoint43 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Galai

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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