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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEVESHWARI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 48793
- Pincode
- 246121
- Post office
- Bhrigukhal (A)
- Population
- 53
- Households
- 20
- Literacy rate
- 71.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1524 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 29
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 68 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 207 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 30 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- The Hans Foundation General Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Than compares
By population, Than ranks #153 of 213 villages in Yamkeshwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.7%
−0.8% vs mandal average
- Than
- 71.7%
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 72.5%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,524
+443 vs mandal average
- Than
- 1,524
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 1,081
Household size
people per home
2.7
−1.7 vs mandal average
- Than
- 2.7
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Than at a glance
Than is a village of 53 people in 20 households (Census 2011) in Yamkeshwar tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 153rd-largest of 213 villages in Yamkeshwar tehsil. Literacy is 72%, about the same as the tehsil average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,524 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 18 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 30 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246121, served by Bhrigukhal (A) post office; the LGD village code is 48793. The nearest hospital or health centre is The Hans Foundation General Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is DEVESHWARI DEVI, and the village votes in Yamkeshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Renu Bisht. The population is estimated at 62 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Than
- LGD code
- 48793
- Pincode
- 246121
- Post office
- Bhrigukhal (A)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 53
- Population (projected 2026)
- 62
- Households
- 20
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1524
- Literacy rate
- 71.7%
- Coordinates
- 29.99540°N, 78.63275°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yamkeshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Renu Bisht
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DEVESHWARI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Yamkeshwar
Getting there
How to reach Than
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun68 kmcapital
- Delhi207 km
- Kolkata1273 km
- Mumbai1346 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara30 km
- Bus stopDevprayag17 km
- Hospital / PHCThe Hans Foundation General Hospital8 km
- ATM / banksbi25 km
- Petrol pumpIoc15 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS29 km
- Police stationPolice station33 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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