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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PREETI CHAUHAN
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- LGD code
- 44684
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population
- 191
- Households
- 19
- Literacy rate
- 60.7%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 163
Census 2011 · in context
How Dakerna compares
By population, Dakerna ranks #115 of 137 villages in Chakrata mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.7%
+11.4% vs mandal average
- Dakerna
- 60.7%
- Chakrata mandal
- 49.3%
- Dehradun district
- 74.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
+53 vs mandal average
- Dakerna
- 990
- Chakrata mandal
- 937
Household size
people per home
10.1
+1.6 vs mandal average
- Dakerna
- 10.1
- Chakrata mandal
- 8.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dakerna at a glance
Dakerna is a village of 191 people in 19 households (Census 2011) in Chakrata tehsil, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, the 115th-largest of 137 villages in Chakrata tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 11 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 248001, served by Araghar post office; the LGD village code is 44684. The sarpanch is PREETI CHAUHAN, and the village votes in Dhanolti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pritam Singh Panwar. The population is estimated at 225 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Dakerna
- LGD code
- 44684
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 191
- Population (projected 2026)
- 225
- Households
- 19
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 60.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhanolti
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pritam Singh Panwar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PREETI CHAUHAN
- Block / Mandal
- Chakrata
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Dakerna
Other villages in Chakrata mandal
View all 60+ →- Haja
- Kharsi
- Mohana
- Luhari
- Jogyo
- Lakha Mandal
- Thana
- Bayala
- Mungad
- Malaitha
- Masak
- Kota(Taplad)
- Lawari(Datruta)
- Kurar Khanarsichar
- Sawara
- Kandoi
- Siribarkoti
- Kota (Kuwanu)
- Koti (Kanasar)
- Mailoth(Kuwanu)
- Hartar Santar
- Maghgaon (Kwanu)
- Baniyana
- Hajta
- Punaha Pokhari
- Rajanu
- Buraswa
- Myudha
- Daudha
- Hayotagari
- Majhgaon(Duwar)
- Jagthan
- Koruwa
- Kandi Chamagata
- Rikhar
- Mendal
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)