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Osala

Sankari mandal
Pincode 249128
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Ganesh Chaturthi

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

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Temples near Osala

  • Naag Temple · 3.9 km

Named places of worship on record

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

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Brijmohan lal
Contact: 97****2977
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LGD code
40248
Pincode
249128
Post office
Mori (Tehri Garhwal)
Population
725
Households
151
Literacy rate
34.8%
Sex ratio
954 ♀/1000♂
Workers
415
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 Osala compares

By population, Osala ranks #7 of 23 villages in Sankari mandal.

Literacy rate
%
34.8%
−11.2% vs mandal average
Osala
34.8%
Sankari mandal
46.0%
Uttar Kashi district
65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
954
−35 vs mandal average
Osala
954
Sankari mandal
989
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.8 vs mandal average
Osala
4.8
Sankari mandal
5.6

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

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Osala at a glance

Osala is a village of 725 people in 151 households (Census 2011) in Sankari tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 7th-largest of 23 villages in Sankari tehsil. Literacy is 35%, 11 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 954 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 40248. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Maneri, 14 km away. The sarpanch is Brijmohan lal , and the village votes in Gangotri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 855 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Osla

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Osala · this village72535%
Kalap · Sankari46934%0 km N
Saur · Sankari49455%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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Key facts — Osala

LGD code
40248
Pincode
249128
Post office
Mori (Tehri Garhwal)
Population (Census 2011)
725
Population (projected 2026)
855
Households
151
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
954
Literacy rate
34.8%
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
Brijmohan lal
Block / Mandal
Sankari
Getting there

How to reach Osala

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 Osala

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

Same pincode

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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
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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