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Rawal Sera

रावल सेरा
Bagwalipokhar mandal
Pincode 263621
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Rawal Sera observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.

20 OctObserved in 36 states

Temple in Bagwalipokhar mandal

The principal temple recorded for Bagwalipokhar mandal is Maa Dunagiri Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Rawal Sera itself.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Uttarakhand

Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.

The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

Almora burns the whole clan, not just Ravana

Almora is the one place that burns the entire Ravana clan rather than Ravana alone — around thirty-three effigies, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna among them, built by neighbourhood committees and carried through the town with bands before the burning. Mohallas began adding their own figures from 1975. The Kumaoni Ramlila that runs beforehand is sung rather than spoken.

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LGD code
52685
Pincode
263621
Post office
Bagwalipokhar
Population
562
Households
142
Literacy rate
76%
Sex ratio
972 ♀/1000♂
Workers
217
Distance to district centre
4 km
Distance to mandal centre
4 km
Distance to Dehradun
154 km
Distance to Delhi
254 km
Nearest railway station
Ramnagar · 52 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Kafra Governnment Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Rawal Sera compares

By population, Rawal Sera ranks #10 of 53 villages in Bagwalipokhar mandal.

Literacy rate
%
76.0%
+8.3% vs mandal average
Rawal Sera76.0%
Bagwalipokhar mandal67.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
972
−315 vs mandal average
Rawal Sera972
Bagwalipokhar mandal1,287
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
Rawal Sera4.0
Bagwalipokhar mandal4.2

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

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Rawal Sera at a glance

Rawal Sera is a village of 562 people in 142 households (Census 2011) in Bagwalipokhar tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 10th-largest of 53 villages in Bagwalipokhar tehsil. Literacy is 76%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. It lies 4 km from the Almora district centre, 5 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 52 km from Ramnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263621, served by Bagwalipokhar post office; the LGD village code is 52685. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kafra Governnment Hospital, 5 km away. The population is estimated at 663 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Rawal Sera · this village56276%—
Gopha · Ghosi2,42861%0.9 km S
Doba · Almora38678%0.9 km S
Udagal · Bagwalipokhar12471%0.8 km W
Rawari · Bagwalipokhar89170%1 km N
Gadhwali · Almora21361%1.2 km SW
Bajwar · Almora15773%1.2 km SW

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Key facts — Rawal Sera

LGD code
52685
Pincode
263621
Post office
Bagwalipokhar
Population (Census 2011)
562
Population (projected 2026)
663
Households
142
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
972
Literacy rate
76.0%
Coordinates
29.73863°N, 79.48160°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dwarahat
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Block / Mandal
Bagwalipokhar
Getting there

How to reach Rawal Sera

Mandal centre
Bagwalipokhar · ≈ 4.5 km
≈ 9 min by car · 11 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Almora · ≈ 4.2 km
≈ 9 min by car · 10 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 11,387 people
Kafara · ≈ 5.1 km
≈ 11 min by car · 12 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun154 kmcapital
  • Delhi254 km
  • Kolkata1191 km
  • Mumbai1360 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationRamnagar52 km
  • Bus stopRanikhet Bus Depot11 km
  • Hospital / PHCKafra Governnment Hospital5 km
  • ATM / bankState Bank of India Someswar branch13 km
  • Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum7 km
  • CollegeGovt Post Graduate College31 km
  • Police stationMallital Police Station39 km
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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