Ancestral home of '62 war hero in Uttarakhand to be made museum
Reported by The Times of India.
Gujari observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
The principal temple recorded for Rikhanikhal mandal is chaikhal devi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Gujari itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
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By population, Gujari ranks #161 of 190 villages in Rikhanikhal mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gujari is a village of 30 people in 9 households (Census 2011) in Rikhanikhal tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 161st-largest of 190 villages in Rikhanikhal tehsil. Literacy is 73%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 246179, served by Rikhnikhal (A) post office; the LGD village code is 47689. The village votes in Lansdowne assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 35 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gujari · this village | 30 | 73% | — |
| Jukaniya Palla · Rikhanikhal | 145 | 69% | — |
| Jugyani Walla · Rikhanikhal | 24 | 71% | — |
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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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