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- LGD code
- 53594
- Pincode
- 263622
- Post office
- Dania
- Population
- 249
- Households
- 47
- Literacy rate
- 70.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1223 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 139
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 188 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 278 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 48 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Naini · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kola compares
By population, Kola ranks #62 of 195 villages in Bhanoli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.7%
+8.7% vs mandal average
- Kola
- 70.7%
- Bhanoli mandal
- 62.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,223
+80 vs mandal average
- Kola
- 1,223
- Bhanoli mandal
- 1,143
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Kola
- 5.3
- Bhanoli mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kola at a glance
Kola is a village of 249 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Bhanoli tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 62nd-largest of 195 villages in Bhanoli tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,223 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Almora district centre, 39 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 48 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263622, served by Dania post office; the LGD village code is 53594. The nearest hospital or health centre is Naini, 11 km away. The village votes in Almora assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manoj Tewari. The population is estimated at 294 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kola
- LGD code
- 53594
- Pincode
- 263622
- Post office
- Dania
- Population (Census 2011)
- 249
- Population (projected 2026)
- 294
- Households
- 47
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1223
- Literacy rate
- 70.7%
- Coordinates
- 29.63245°N, 79.81990°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manoj Tewari
- Block / Mandal
- Bhanoli
Getting there
How to reach Kola
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun188 kmcapital
- Delhi278 km
- Kolkata1159 km
- Mumbai1367 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam48 km
- Bus stopJeep Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCNaini11 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank22 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil16 km
- CollegeGovernment Degree College, Kanda21 km
- Police stationThana Bhimtal40 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kola
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Dandeshwar Shiv temple complexTemple2.1 km ↗
- 🛕Dandeshwar TempleTemple2.1 km ↗
- 🛕Dandeshwar Group of TemplesTemple2.1 km ↗
- 🛕Shiv MandirTemple2.6 km ↗
- 🛕Mrityunjaya TempleTemple3.4 km ↗
- 🛕Jageshwar temple complexTemple3.4 km ↗
- 🛕Nanda Devi or Nau Durga TempleTemple3.4 km ↗
- 🛕Sri Mahamritunjaya MahadevTemple3.4 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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