Gatu observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Gatu
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Gatu is a village in Barnigad mandal, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, situated at 30.670°N, 78.093°E. The village has 200 residents in 47 households with a literacy rate of 59%. Its PIN code is 249171.
By population, Gatu ranks #36 of 64 villages in Barnigad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gatu is a village of 200 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Barnigad tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 36th-largest of 64 villages in Barnigad tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 852 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre, 40 km from Dehradun railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249171, served by Naugaon post office; the LGD village code is 40437. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Nainbagh, 14 km away. The village votes in Purola assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durgeshwar Lal. The population is estimated at 236 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gatu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatu · this village | 200 | 59% | — |
| Gair · Barnigad | 364 | 48% | 0 km N |
| Garh · Barnigad | 332 | 68% | 0 km N |
| Jhimangaon · Barnigad | 6 | 33% | 1.1 km N |
| Phuwan Gaon · Barnigad | 301 | 55% | 1.1 km N |
| Khamundi Talli · Barnigad | 146 | 56% | 1.5 km S |
| Khamundi Malli · Barnigad | 313 | 53% | 1.5 km S |
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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