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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dandal Gaon is a small village in Pauri mandal, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, with a population of 55 across 12 households. It has a literacy rate of 74.5% and is located at 30.139°N, 78.793°E.
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- LGD code
- 46215
- Pincode
- 246001
- Post office
- Bus Station Pauri
- Population
- 55
- Households
- 12
- Literacy rate
- 74.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1200 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 37
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 76 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 229 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 49 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dandal Gaon compares
By population, Dandal Gaon ranks #504 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.5%
+4.8% vs mandal average
- Dandal Gaon
- 74.5%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,200
+14 vs mandal average
- Dandal Gaon
- 1,200
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Dandal Gaon
- 4.6
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dandal Gaon at a glance
Dandal Gaon is a village of 55 people in 12 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 504th-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 75%, 5 points above the tehsil average, and the sex ratio is 1,200 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 9 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 49 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246001, served by Bus Station Pauri post office; the LGD village code is 46215. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic, 2 km away. The village votes in Pauri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Pori. The population is estimated at 65 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Dandal Gaon
- LGD code
- 46215
- Pincode
- 246001
- Post office
- Bus Station Pauri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 55
- Population (projected 2026)
- 65
- Households
- 12
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1200
- Literacy rate
- 74.5%
- Coordinates
- 30.13929°N, 78.79315°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pauri
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajkumar Pori
- Block / Mandal
- Pauri
Getting there
How to reach Dandal Gaon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun76 kmcapital
- Delhi229 km
- Kolkata1271 km
- Mumbai1367 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh49 km
- Bus stopDevprayag19 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Nautiyal's Clinic2 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM9 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum10 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS9 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station24 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Dandal Gaon
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 246001
Villages near Dandal Gaon
Other villages in Pauri mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)