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Kuja Gunth

कुजा गुंठ
Bhanoli mandal
Pincode 263623
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

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

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Temple in Bhanoli mandal

The principal temple recorded for Bhanoli mandal is Golu Devta Temple, Chitai. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kuja Gunth 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
53545
Pincode
263623
Post office
Panuwanaula
Population
180
Households
48
Literacy rate
65.6%
Sex ratio
1466 ♀/1000♂
Workers
94
Census 2011 · in context

How Kuja Gunth compares

By population, Kuja Gunth ranks #84 of 195 villages in Bhanoli mandal.

Literacy rate
%
65.6%
+3.6% vs mandal average
Kuja Gunth
65.6%
Bhanoli mandal
62.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,466
+323 vs mandal average
Kuja Gunth
1,466
Bhanoli mandal
1,143
Household size
people per home
3.8
−1.0 vs mandal average
Kuja Gunth
3.8
Bhanoli mandal
4.8

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

Kuja Gunth at a glance

Kuja Gunth is a village of 180 people in 48 households (Census 2011) in Bhanoli tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 84th-largest of 195 villages in Bhanoli tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,466 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 263623, served by Panuwanaula post office; the LGD village code is 53545. The village votes in Almora assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manoj Tewari. The population is estimated at 212 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Key facts — Kuja Gunth

LGD code
53545
Pincode
263623
Post office
Panuwanaula
Population (Census 2011)
180
Population (projected 2026)
212
Households
48
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1466
Literacy rate
65.6%
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Almora
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Manoj Tewari
Block / Mandal
Bhanoli
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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