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- LGD code
- 42616
- Pincode
- 246141
- Post office
- Jakholi
- Population
- 368
- Households
- 69
- Literacy rate
- 66.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1521 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 151
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 22 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 91 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 233 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 54 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Chipalghat · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bachwar compares
By population, Bachwar ranks #57 of 114 villages in Jakholi* mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.8%
+1.3% vs mandal average
- Bachwar
- 66.8%
- Jakholi* mandal
- 65.5%
- Rudra Prayag district
- 70.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,521
+325 vs mandal average
- Bachwar
- 1,521
- Jakholi* mandal
- 1,196
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Bachwar
- 5.3
- Jakholi* mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bachwar at a glance
Bachwar is a village of 368 people in 69 households (Census 2011) in Jakholi* tehsil, Rudra Prayag district, Uttarakhand, the 57th-largest of 114 villages in Jakholi* tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,521 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Rudra Prayag district centre, 13 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 54 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246141, served by Jakholi post office; the LGD village code is 42616. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Chipalghat, 4 km away. The population is estimated at 2,163 in 2026, up 488% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Bachwar
- LGD code
- 42616
- Pincode
- 246141
- Post office
- Jakholi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 368
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,163
- Households
- 69
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1521
- Literacy rate
- 66.8%
- Coordinates
- 30.07276°N, 78.93319°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Deoprayag
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Block / Mandal
- Jakholi*
Getting there
How to reach Bachwar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun91 kmcapital
- Delhi233 km
- Kolkata1256 km
- Mumbai1367 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara54 km
- Bus stopRatkot20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Chipalghat4 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM23 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum20 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry7 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station24 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
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