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- LGD code
- 47666
- Pincode
- 246179
- Post office
- Rikhnikhal (A)
- Population
- 65
- Households
- 12
- Literacy rate
- 72.3%
- Sex ratio
- 970 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 36
Census 2011 · in context
How Basudev Gadun compares
By population, Basudev Gadun ranks #145 of 190 villages in Rikhanikhal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.3%
+5.0% vs mandal average
- Basudev Gadun
- 72.3%
- Rikhanikhal mandal
- 67.3%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
970
−223 vs mandal average
- Basudev Gadun
- 970
- Rikhanikhal mandal
- 1,193
Household size
people per home
5.4
+1.2 vs mandal average
- Basudev Gadun
- 5.4
- Rikhanikhal mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basudev Gadun at a glance
Basudev Gadun is a village of 65 people in 12 households (Census 2011) in Rikhanikhal tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 145th-largest of 190 villages in Rikhanikhal tehsil. Literacy is 72%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 246179, served by Rikhnikhal (A) post office; the LGD village code is 47666. The village votes in Lansdowne assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 77 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basudev Gadun · this village | 65 | 72% | — |
| Gadayun · Rikhanikhal | 212 | 66% | — |
| Chandanpur Sera · Rikhanikhal | 26 | 73% | — |
| Ajeetpur · Rikhanikhal | 2 | 50% | — |
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Key facts — Basudev Gadun
- LGD code
- 47666
- Pincode
- 246179
- Post office
- Rikhnikhal (A)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 65
- Population (projected 2026)
- 77
- Households
- 12
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 970
- Literacy rate
- 72.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lansdowne
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Daleep Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Rikhanikhal
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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)