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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dharmpal Singh
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- LGD code
- 48780
- Pincode
- 246121
- Post office
- Bhrigukhal (A)
- Population
- 78
- Households
- 21
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1786 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 17
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 67 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 204 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- The Hans Foundation General Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dawar compares
By population, Dawar ranks #127 of 213 villages in Yamkeshwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.3%
−12.2% vs mandal average
- Dawar
- 60.3%
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 72.5%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,786
+705 vs mandal average
- Dawar
- 1,786
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 1,081
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Dawar
- 3.7
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dawar at a glance
Dawar is a village of 78 people in 21 households (Census 2011) in Yamkeshwar tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 127th-largest of 213 villages in Yamkeshwar tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,786 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 18 km from Harsoli, the nearest town, 27 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246121, served by Bhrigukhal (A) post office; the LGD village code is 48780. The nearest hospital or health centre is The Hans Foundation General Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Dharmpal Singh, and the village votes in Yamkeshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Renu Bisht. The population is estimated at 92 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Dawar
- LGD code
- 48780
- Pincode
- 246121
- Post office
- Bhrigukhal (A)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 78
- Population (projected 2026)
- 92
- Households
- 21
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1786
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Coordinates
- 29.98110°N, 78.60776°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yamkeshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Renu Bisht
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dharmpal Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Yamkeshwar
Getting there
How to reach Dawar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun67 kmcapital
- Delhi204 km
- Kolkata1274 km
- Mumbai1343 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara27 km
- Bus stopDevprayag19 km
- Hospital / PHCThe Hans Foundation General Hospital9 km
- ATM / banksbi27 km
- Petrol pumpIoc16 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS32 km
- Police stationPolice station32 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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