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Kalap

Sankari mandal
Pincode 249128
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Festival

Ganesh Chaturthi

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

14 SeptObserved in 29 states

Temples near Kalap

  • Naag Temple · 3.9 km

Named places of worship on record

Temple in Sankari mandal

The principal temple recorded for Sankari mandal is Gangnani hot spring. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kalap itself.

When the idol is immersed

The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.

Kept forImmersion
One and a half daysTue, 15 September
Three daysThu, 17 September
Five daysSat, 19 September
Seven daysMon, 21 September
Anant ChaturdashiWed, 23 SeptemberThe day most community mandapams immerse
Use the designated immersion point

Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.

Unpainted clay dissolves, plaster of Paris does not

A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.

Someone should be watching the water, not the idol

Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.

Take the accessories home

Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.

The full observance, step by step →

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

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Kalap is a village in Sankari mandal, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand. With a population of 469 in 96 households, it has a literacy rate of 33.9%. The village is situated at coordinates 30.839°N, 78.618°E.

MS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANVEER SINGH RANA
Contact: 94****6251
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LGD code
40253
Pincode
249128
Post office
Mori (Tehri Garhwal)
Population
469
Households
96
Literacy rate
33.9%
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000♂
Workers
252
Distance to district centre
25 km
Distance to mandal centre
2 km
Distance to Dehradun
81 km
Distance to Delhi
282 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Maneri · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Kalap compares

By population, Kalap ranks #11 of 23 villages in Sankari mandal.

Literacy rate
%
33.9%
−12.1% vs mandal average
Kalap
33.9%
Sankari mandal
46.0%
Uttar Kashi district
65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
971
−18 vs mandal average
Kalap
971
Sankari mandal
989
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.7 vs mandal average
Kalap
4.9
Sankari mandal
5.6

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

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Kalap at a glance

Kalap is a village of 469 people in 96 households (Census 2011) in Sankari tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 11th-largest of 23 villages in Sankari tehsil. Literacy is 34%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 971 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249128, served by Mori (Tehri Garhwal) post office; the LGD village code is 40253. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Maneri, 14 km away. The sarpanch is MANVEER SINGH RANA , and the village votes in Gangotri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 553 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Kalap

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Kalap · this village46934%
Saur · Sankari49455%0 km N
Osala · Sankari72535%0 km N
Kasla · Sankari46045%0 km N
Sauni · Sankari15240%1.7 km E
Salang · Ziro Hq5070%1.7 km E
Salang · Bhatwari43269%1.7 km E

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No notices this week

Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Kalap

LGD code
40253
Pincode
249128
Post office
Mori (Tehri Garhwal)
Population (Census 2011)
469
Population (projected 2026)
553
Households
96
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
971
Literacy rate
33.9%
Coordinates
30.83862°N, 78.61817°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
MANVEER SINGH RANA
Block / Mandal
Sankari
Getting there

How to reach Kalap

Mandal centre
Sankari · ≈ 2.0 km
≈ 4 min by car · 5 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Uttar Kashi · ≈ 25 km
≈ 51 min by car · 1 h by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun81 kmcapital
  • Delhi282 km
  • Kolkata1334 km
  • Mumbai1430 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Bus stopBus station2 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Maneri14 km
  • Police stationCheckpoint53 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Kalap

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

Same pincode

Villages sharing pincode 249128

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Villages near Kalap

Other villages in Sankari mandal

View all 22
Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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