Dewali observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
By population, Dewali ranks #51 of 57 villages in Okhalkanda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dewali is a village of 160 people in 33 households (Census 2011) in Okhalkanda tehsil, Nainital district, Uttarakhand, the 51st-largest of 57 villages in Okhalkanda tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Nainital district centre, 41 km from Gola Range, the nearest town, 26 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263157, served by Okhalkanda post office; the LGD village code is 55026. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Paharpani, 3 km away. The village votes in Bhimtal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Singh Kaira. The population is estimated at 189 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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