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September 2026
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Ancestral home of '62 war hero in Uttarakhand to be made museum
Reported by The Times of India.
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- LGD code
- 53635
- Pincode
- 263622
- Post office
- Dania
- Population
- 242
- Households
- 53
- Literacy rate
- 57%
- Sex ratio
- 1396 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 124
Census 2011 · in context
How Mel Gaon compares
By population, Mel Gaon ranks #66 of 195 villages in Bhanoli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.0%
−5.0% vs mandal average
Mel Gaon57.0%
Bhanoli mandal62.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,396
+253 vs mandal average
Mel Gaon1,396
Bhanoli mandal1,143
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
Mel Gaon4.6
Bhanoli mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mel Gaon at a glance
Mel Gaon is a village of 242 people in 53 households (Census 2011) in Bhanoli tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 66th-largest of 195 villages in Bhanoli tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,396 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 263622, served by Dania post office; the LGD village code is 53635. The village votes in Almora assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manoj Tewari. The population is estimated at 285 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Mel Gaon
- LGD code
- 53635
- Pincode
- 263622
- Post office
- Dania
- Population (Census 2011)
- 242
- Population (projected 2026)
- 285
- Households
- 53
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1396
- Literacy rate
- 57.0%
- 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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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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