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Sosa

सोसा
Dharchula mandal
Pincode 262547
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
surekha devi
Contact: 75****3028
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LGD code
49105
Pincode
262547
Post office
Pangu
Population
309
Households
77
Literacy rate
66%
Sex ratio
1102 ♀/1000♂
Workers
146
Distance to district centre
78 km
Distance to mandal centre
36 km
Distance to Dehradun
253 km
Distance to Delhi
365 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
CHC Jauljibi · 35 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Sosa compares

By population, Sosa ranks #37 of 76 villages in Dharchula mandal.

Literacy rate
%
66.0%
−1.3% vs mandal average
Sosa
66.0%
Dharchula mandal
67.3%
Pithoragarh district
71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,102
+112 vs mandal average
Sosa
1,102
Dharchula mandal
990
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.5 vs mandal average
Sosa
4.0
Dharchula mandal
4.5

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

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Sosa at a glance

Sosa is a village of 309 people in 77 households (Census 2011) in Dharchula tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 37th-largest of 76 villages in Dharchula tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,102 women per 1,000 men. It lies 78 km from the Pithoragarh district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262547, served by Pangu post office; the LGD village code is 49105. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC Jauljibi, 35 km away. The sarpanch is surekha devi, and the village votes in Dharchula assembly constituency, represented by MLA Harish Singh Dhami. The population is estimated at 364 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Key facts — Sosa

LGD code
49105
Pincode
262547
Post office
Pangu
Population (Census 2011)
309
Population (projected 2026)
364
Households
77
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1102
Literacy rate
66.0%
Coordinates
29.98306°N, 80.63553°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dharchula
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Harish Singh Dhami
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
surekha devi
Block / Mandal
Dharchula
Getting there

How to reach Sosa

Mandal centre
Dharchula · ≈ 36 km
≈ 1 h 14 min by car · 1 h 28 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Pithoragarh · ≈ 78 km
≈ 2 h 41 min by car · 3 h 11 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun253 kmcapital
  • Delhi365 km
  • Kolkata1127 km
  • Hyderabad1418 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Hospital / PHCCHC Jauljibi35 km
  • ATM / bankMega Bank18 km
  • Petrol pumpHP fuel pump39 km
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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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