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- LGD code
- 53557
- Pincode
- 263622
- Post office
- Dania
- Population
- 161
- Households
- 40
- Literacy rate
- 49.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1064 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 68
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 189 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 275 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 44 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Naini · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Papgarh compares
By population, Papgarh ranks #92 of 195 villages in Bhanoli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.1%
−12.9% vs mandal average
Papgarh49.1%
Bhanoli mandal62.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,064
−79 vs mandal average
Papgarh1,064
Bhanoli mandal1,143
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.8 vs mandal average
Papgarh4.0
Bhanoli mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Papgarh at a glance
Papgarh is a village of 161 people in 40 households (Census 2011) in Bhanoli tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 92nd-largest of 195 villages in Bhanoli tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 13 points below the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,064 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Almora district centre, 39 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 44 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263622, served by Dania post office; the LGD village code is 53557. The nearest hospital or health centre is Naini, 13 km away. The village votes in Almora assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manoj Tewari. The population is estimated at 190 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Papgarh
- LGD code
- 53557
- Pincode
- 263622
- Post office
- Dania
- Population (Census 2011)
- 161
- Population (projected 2026)
- 190
- Households
- 40
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1064
- Literacy rate
- 49.1%
- Coordinates
- 29.59482°N, 79.80894°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 Papgarh
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun189 kmcapital
- Delhi275 km
- Kolkata1157 km
- Mumbai1363 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam44 km
- Bus stopJeep Stop15 km
- Hospital / PHCNaini13 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank26 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil15 km
- CollegeGovernment Degree College, Kanda26 km
- Police stationThana Bhimtal37 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Papgarh
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
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- 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)