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- LGD code
- 53702
- Pincode
- 263623
- Post office
- Panuwanaula
- Population
- 425
- Households
- 111
- Literacy rate
- 63.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1202 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 219
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 184 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 271 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 42 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rudraksh Clinic · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Selakot compares
By population, Selakot ranks #33 of 195 villages in Bhanoli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.1%
+1.1% vs mandal average
- Selakot
- 63.1%
- Bhanoli mandal
- 62.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,202
+59 vs mandal average
- Selakot
- 1,202
- Bhanoli mandal
- 1,143
Household size
people per home
3.8
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Selakot
- 3.8
- Bhanoli mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Selakot at a glance
Selakot is a village of 425 people in 111 households (Census 2011) in Bhanoli tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 33rd-largest of 195 villages in Bhanoli tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,202 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Almora district centre, 34 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 42 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263623, served by Panuwanaula post office; the LGD village code is 53702. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rudraksh Clinic, 9 km away. The village votes in Almora assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manoj Tewari. The population is estimated at 501 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Selakot
- LGD code
- 53702
- Pincode
- 263623
- Post office
- Panuwanaula
- Population (Census 2011)
- 425
- Population (projected 2026)
- 501
- Households
- 111
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1202
- Literacy rate
- 63.1%
- Coordinates
- 29.60359°N, 79.75398°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 Selakot
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun184 kmcapital
- Delhi271 km
- Kolkata1161 km
- Mumbai1361 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam42 km
- Bus stopJeep Stop9 km
- Hospital / PHCRudraksh Clinic9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India Someswar branch25 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil9 km
- CollegeGovt Post Graduate College27 km
- Police stationThana Bhimtal34 km
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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
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