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Gunji

गुंजी
Dharchula mandal
Pincode 262546
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Festival

Ganesh Chaturthi

Gunji observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.

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Temples near Gunji

  • Nanda Devi Temple · 2.7 km

Named places of worship on record

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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
bimla gunjiyal
Contact: 89****0500
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LGD code
49089
Pincode
262546
Post office
Garbyang
Population
335
Households
194
Literacy rate
82.7%
Sex ratio
463 ♀/1000♂
Workers
313
Distance to district centre
43 km
Distance to mandal centre
4 km
Distance to Dehradun
214 km
Distance to Delhi
337 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Dharamgarh · 33 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Gunji compares

By population, Gunji ranks #34 of 76 villages in Dharchula mandal.

Literacy rate
%
82.7%
+15.4% vs mandal average
Gunji
82.7%
Dharchula mandal
67.3%
Pithoragarh district
71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
463
−527 vs mandal average
Gunji
463
Dharchula mandal
990
Household size
people per home
1.7
−2.8 vs mandal average
Gunji
1.7
Dharchula mandal
4.5

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Gunji at a glance

Gunji is a village of 335 people in 194 households (Census 2011) in Dharchula tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 34th-largest of 76 villages in Dharchula tehsil. Literacy is 83%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 463 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Pithoragarh district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262546, served by Garbyang post office; the LGD village code is 49089. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Dharamgarh, 33 km away. The sarpanch is bimla gunjiyal, and the village votes in Dharchula assembly constituency, represented by MLA Harish Singh Dhami. The population is estimated at 395 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Gunjee

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Gunji · this village33583%
Ranthi · Dharchula4,93259%0 km N
Ramtoli · Dharchula45467%0 km N
Dantu · Dharchula0 km N
Suring · Munsiari36267%0.5 km NW
Sirdang · Dharchula81270%0.5 km NW
Galati · Dharchula2,23656%0.9 km N

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Key facts — Gunji

LGD code
49089
Pincode
262546
Post office
Garbyang
Population (Census 2011)
335
Population (projected 2026)
395
Households
194
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
463
Literacy rate
82.7%
Coordinates
30.08948°N, 80.24593°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dharchula
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Harish Singh Dhami
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
bimla gunjiyal
Block / Mandal
Dharchula
Getting there

How to reach Gunji

Mandal centre
Dharchula · ≈ 4.0 km
≈ 8 min by car · 10 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Pithoragarh · ≈ 43 km
≈ 1 h 29 min by car · 1 h 46 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun214 kmcapital
  • Delhi337 km
  • Kolkata1162 km
  • Hyderabad1424 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Bus stopbus/jeep stand3 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Dharamgarh33 km
  • ATM / bankNic Asia Bnak39 km
  • Petrol pumpHP fuel pump3 km
  • CollegeGovernment Degree College, Kanda45 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Gunji

1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.

Education · within 5 km

Schools & colleges near Gunji

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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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