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- LGD code
- 54188
- Pincode
- 262525
- Post office
- Abbotmount
- Population
- 20
- Households
- 6
- Literacy rate
- 75%
- Sex ratio
- 538 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 12
Census 2011 · in context
How Hichaura compares
By population, Hichaura ranks #92 of 103 villages in Barakot mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.0%
+9.9% vs mandal average
- Hichaura
- 75.0%
- Barakot mandal
- 65.1%
- Champawat district
- 68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
538
−491 vs mandal average
- Hichaura
- 538
- Barakot mandal
- 1,029
Household size
people per home
3.3
−1.5 vs mandal average
- Hichaura
- 3.3
- Barakot mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hichaura at a glance
Hichaura is a village of 20 people in 6 households (Census 2011) in Barakot tehsil, Champawat district, Uttarakhand, the 92nd-largest of 103 villages in Barakot tehsil. Literacy is 75%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 538 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 262525, served by Abbotmount post office; the LGD village code is 54188. The village votes in Rudraprayag assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bharat Singh Chaudhary. The population is estimated at 24 in 2026, up 20% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Hichaura
- LGD code
- 54188
- Pincode
- 262525
- Post office
- Abbotmount
- Population (Census 2011)
- 20
- Population (projected 2026)
- 24
- Households
- 6
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 538
- Literacy rate
- 75.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rudraprayag
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bharat Singh Chaudhary
- Block / Mandal
- Barakot
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
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