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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Talai is a village in Doiwala mandal, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, with a population of 214 across 40 households. The village has a literacy rate of 78.5% and is located at coordinates 30.223°N, 78.251°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dinesh kothari
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- LGD code
- 45288
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population
- 214
- Households
- 40
- Literacy rate
- 78.5%
- Sex ratio
- 861 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 69
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 23 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 205 km
- Nearest railway station
- Yog Nagari Rishikesh · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ayushwaan Multi Speciality Hospital · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Talai compares
By population, Talai ranks #34 of 60 villages in Doiwala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.5%
+7.9% vs mandal average
- Talai
- 78.5%
- Doiwala mandal
- 70.6%
- Dehradun district
- 74.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
861
−62 vs mandal average
- Talai
- 861
- Doiwala mandal
- 923
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Talai
- 5.4
- Doiwala mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Talai at a glance
Talai is a village of 214 people in 40 households (Census 2011) in Doiwala tehsil, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, the 34th-largest of 60 villages in Doiwala tehsil. Literacy is 79%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 71% and the sex ratio is 861 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Dehradun district centre, 36 km from Harsoli, the nearest town, 13 km from Yog Nagari Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 248001, served by Araghar post office; the LGD village code is 45288. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ayushwaan Multi Speciality Hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Dinesh kothari, and the village votes in Doiwala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brij Bhushan Gairola. The population is estimated at 252 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Talai
- LGD code
- 45288
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 214
- Population (projected 2026)
- 252
- Households
- 40
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 861
- Literacy rate
- 78.5%
- Coordinates
- 30.22260°N, 78.25141°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hardwar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Doiwala
- Member of Parliament
- Trivendra Singh Rawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Brij Bhushan Gairola
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dinesh kothari
- Block / Mandal
- Doiwala
- Nearest bank
- Uttarakhand Gramin Bank (18.8 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Kansrao Railway Station (19.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Talai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun23 kmcapital
- Delhi205 km
- Kolkata1317 km
- Mumbai1353 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationYog Nagari Rishikesh13 km
- Bus stopGMVN Bus Stand13 km
- Hospital / PHCAyushwaan Multi Speciality Hospital12 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India12 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil12 km
- CollegeDrona's College21 km
- Police stationMuni ki reti police thana12 km
Same pincode
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- AthoorwalaDoiwala mandal7,444 pop
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- Fatehpur Danda
- Simlas Grant
- Ghissar Pari
- Kaluwala
- Badowala
- Missar Wala Kala
- Jeevan Wala
- Nagal Bulandawala
- Hansuwala
- Mohammadpur Barkali
- Doiwala
- Sangatiya Walakhurd
- Kudhal
- Kotimay Chak
- Sangaon
- Sindhwal Gaon
- Kandogal
- Bhaglana
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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)