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- LGD code
- 40356
- Pincode
- 249141
- Post office
- Burkot
- Population
- 251
- Households
- 50
- Literacy rate
- 57.4%
- Sex ratio
- 976 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 154
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 28 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 72 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 277 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dehradun · 72 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- GOVERNMENT VETERINARY HOSPITAL · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kunshala compares
By population, Kunshala ranks #72 of 125 villages in Rajgarhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.4%
−7.0% vs mandal average
Kunshala57.4%
Rajgarhi mandal64.4%
Uttar Kashi district65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
976
+4 vs mandal average
Kunshala976
Rajgarhi mandal972
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
Kunshala5.0
Rajgarhi mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kunshala at a glance
Kunshala is a village of 251 people in 50 households (Census 2011) in Rajgarhi tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 72nd-largest of 125 villages in Rajgarhi tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 976 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre, 72 km from Dehradun railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249141, served by Burkot post office; the LGD village code is 40356. The nearest hospital or health centre is GOVERNMENT VETERINARY HOSPITAL, 20 km away. The sarpanch is suchita rana, and the village votes in Gangotri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 296 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kunshala
- LGD code
- 40356
- Pincode
- 249141
- Post office
- Burkot
- Population (Census 2011)
- 251
- Population (projected 2026)
- 296
- Households
- 50
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 976
- Literacy rate
- 57.4%
- Coordinates
- 30.90107°N, 78.34835°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gangotri
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Suresh Singh Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- suchita rana
- Block / Mandal
- Rajgarhi
Getting there
How to reach Kunshala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun72 kmcapital
- Delhi277 km
- Kolkata1358 km
- Mumbai1425 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDehradun72 km
- Bus stopBingsi Chani25 km
- Hospital / PHCGOVERNMENT VETERINARY HOSPITAL20 km
- ATM / bankGramind Bank32 km
- CollegeLal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration55 km
- Police stationDungidhar Police Chowki58 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
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