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- LGD code
- 47678
- Pincode
- 246179
- Post office
- Rikhnikhal (A)
- Population
- 213
- Households
- 46
- Literacy rate
- 61%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 110
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 102 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 213 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 39 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Rikhnikhal · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dal compares
By population, Dal ranks #53 of 190 villages in Rikhanikhal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.0%
−6.3% vs mandal average
- Dal
- 61.0%
- Rikhanikhal mandal
- 67.3%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
−145 vs mandal average
- Dal
- 1,048
- Rikhanikhal mandal
- 1,193
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Dal
- 4.6
- Rikhanikhal mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dal at a glance
Dal is a village of 213 people in 46 households (Census 2011) in Rikhanikhal tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 53rd-largest of 190 villages in Rikhanikhal tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 30 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 39 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246179, served by Rikhnikhal (A) post office; the LGD village code is 47678. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Rikhnikhal, 8 km away. The village votes in Lansdowne assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 251 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Dal
- LGD code
- 47678
- Pincode
- 246179
- Post office
- Rikhnikhal (A)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 213
- Population (projected 2026)
- 251
- Households
- 46
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 61.0%
- Coordinates
- 29.81039°N, 78.92177°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lansdowne
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Daleep Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Rikhanikhal
Getting there
How to reach Dal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun102 kmcapital
- Delhi213 km
- Kolkata1238 km
- Mumbai1341 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara39 km
- Bus stopRatkot14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Rikhnikhal8 km
- ATM / bankCanera Bank Rathkhaal Manila28 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry29 km
- Police stationKotwali Ramnagar51 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Dal
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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