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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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- LGD code
- 56922
- Pincode
- 247671
- Post office
- Raisi
- Population
- 1,467
- Households
- 256
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Sex ratio
- 888 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 413
Census 2011 · in context
How Podowali compares
By population, Podowali ranks #55 of 166 villages in Laksar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.7%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Podowali
- 62.7%
- Laksar mandal
- 57.8%
- Haridwar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
888
−5 vs mandal average
- Podowali
- 888
- Laksar mandal
- 893
Household size
people per home
5.7
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Podowali
- 5.7
- Laksar mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Podowali at a glance
Podowali is a village of 1,467 people in 256 households (Census 2011) in Laksar tehsil, Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, the 55th-largest of 166 villages in Laksar tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 888 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 247671, served by Raisi post office; the LGD village code is 56922. The village votes in Kotdwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ritu Khanduri Bhushan. The population is estimated at 1,730 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Podowali
- LGD code
- 56922
- Pincode
- 247671
- Post office
- Raisi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,467
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,730
- Households
- 256
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 888
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kotdwar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ritu Khanduri Bhushan
- Block / Mandal
- Laksar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 247671
Other villages in Laksar mandal
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- Bakarpur
- Bahadurpur Khadar
- Aithal Buzurg
- Munda Khera Kalan
- Kherimubarakpur
- Baseri Khadar
- Mubarikpur Alipur
- Raisi
- Bukkanpur
- Dalla Wala
- Seedhadu
- Lalchandwala
- Mahtauli
- Sethpur
- Khanpur
- Dabki Kalan
- Khanpur
- Mohd Pur Bazurg Must
- Raghunathpur Urf Balawali
- Prehladpur
- Suthari
- Dhadheki Dhana Majamidpur Must
- Rasoolpur Urf Kankarkhata
- Akodha Mukarmatpur
- Mahrajpur Khurd
- Fatwa Must
- Munda Khera Khurd
- Maharajpur Kalan
- Kahera
- Dargahapur
- Chandpuri Bangar
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-08
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)