Chilkia observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Chilkia
Named places of worship on record
By population, Chilkia ranks #2 of 146 villages in Ramnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chilkia is a village of 3,193 people in 619 households (Census 2011) in Ramnagar tehsil, Nainital district, Uttarakhand, the 2nd-largest of 146 villages in Ramnagar tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 951 women per 1,000 men. It lies 80 km from the Nainital district centre, 22 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 23 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 244715, served by Ramnagar (Nainital) post office; the LGD village code is 55338. The nearest hospital or health centre is St. Paul Hospital, Satpuli, 4 km away. The village votes in Lansdowne assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 3,765 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chilkiya →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chilkia · this village | 3,193 | 70% | — |
| Tilsia · Haidergarh | 750 | 64% | 0 km N |
| Tilsiya · Lansdowne | 88 | 82% | 0 km N |
| Sundriyal Gaon · Lansdowne | 16 | 69% | 1.2 km S |
| Juyal Gaon · Lansdowne | 58 | 81% | 1.3 km S |
| Juyal Gaon · Lansdowne | 221 | 66% | 1.3 km S |
| Gadkot · Narayanbagar | 198 | 73% | 1.5 km NE |
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
3 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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