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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AASHISH RANGAD
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- LGD code
- 45344
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population
- 2,617
- Households
- 511
- Literacy rate
- 72.9%
- Sex ratio
- 931 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 837
Census 2011 · in context
How Garhimay Chak compares
By population, Garhimay Chak ranks #7 of 42 villages in Rishikesh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.9%
−1.7% vs mandal average
- Garhimay Chak
- 72.9%
- Rishikesh mandal
- 74.6%
- Dehradun district
- 74.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
931
+4 vs mandal average
- Garhimay Chak
- 931
- Rishikesh mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Garhimay Chak
- 5.1
- Rishikesh mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Garhimay Chak at a glance
Garhimay Chak is a village of 2,617 people in 511 households (Census 2011) in Rishikesh tehsil, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, the 7th-largest of 42 villages in Rishikesh tehsil. Literacy is 73%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 75% and the sex ratio is 931 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 248001, served by Araghar post office; the LGD village code is 45344. The sarpanch is AASHISH RANGAD, and the village votes in Yamkeshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Renu Bisht. The population is estimated at 3,085 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Garhimay Chak
- LGD code
- 45344
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,617
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,085
- Households
- 511
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 931
- Literacy rate
- 72.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yamkeshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Renu Bisht
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AASHISH RANGAD
- Block / Mandal
- Rishikesh
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 248001
- HrishikeshRishikesh mandal34,775 pop
- East HopetownVikas Nagar mandal20,840 pop
- Dhakrani(Dehat)Vikas Nagar mandal12,757 pop
- Shewala KalaDehradun mandal10,290 pop
- DakpatharVikas Nagar mandal9,897 pop
- Mazri GrantDoiwala mandal9,620 pop
- JauligrantDoiwala mandal9,297 pop
- Shankerpur HakumatpurVikas Nagar mandal8,369 pop
- AthoorwalaDoiwala mandal7,444 pop
Other villages in Rishikesh mandal
View all 55+ →- Hrishikesh
- Shyampur
- Raiwala
- Shiddar Wala
- Rani Pokhari Grant
- Barkot Mafi
- Khairi Khurd
- Sahab Nagar
- Gohri Mafi
- Gadool
- Rainapur Grant
- Listrabad
- Mauja Rani Pokhari
- Khandraiwala
- Birpur Khurd
- Bhogpur
- Barkot Range
- Chak Jogi Wala
- Jogiwala Mafi
- Khairi Kalan
- Bhattowala
- Sarangdharwala
- Bibiwala
- Rakhwal Gaon
- Falsuwa
- Thakurpur
- Bairagada
- Bishan Garh
- Badogal
- Bagi
- Bangai
- Kaudasi
- Naurtuwala
- Pali
- Motichur Range
- Govind Wala
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)