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- LGD code
- 53732
- Pincode
- 263622
- Post office
- Dania
- Population
- 319
- Households
- 68
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1532 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 160
- Distance to district centre
- 57 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 207 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 290 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 54 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Naini · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Birkola compares
By population, Birkola ranks #15 of 33 villages in Dhyari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.1%
+6.6% vs mandal average
- Birkola
- 66.1%
- Dhyari mandal
- 59.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,532
+375 vs mandal average
- Birkola
- 1,532
- Dhyari mandal
- 1,157
Household size
people per home
4.7
Same as the mandal average
- Birkola
- 4.7
- Dhyari mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Birkola at a glance
Birkola is a village of 319 people in 68 households (Census 2011) in Dhyari tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 15th-largest of 33 villages in Dhyari tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,532 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Almora district centre, 57 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 54 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263622, served by Dania post office; the LGD village code is 53732. The nearest hospital or health centre is Naini, 12 km away. The village votes in Jageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mohan Singh. The population is estimated at 376 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Birkola
- LGD code
- 53732
- Pincode
- 263622
- Post office
- Dania
- Population (Census 2011)
- 319
- Population (projected 2026)
- 376
- Households
- 68
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1532
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Coordinates
- 29.55831°N, 79.98925°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jageshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mohan Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Dhyari
Getting there
How to reach Birkola
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun207 kmcapital
- Delhi290 km
- Kolkata1141 km
- Hyderabad1362 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam54 km
- Bus stopPithoragarh Bus Station22 km
- Hospital / PHCNaini12 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank37 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil32 km
- CollegeGovernment Degree College, Kanda30 km
- Police stationThana Bhimtal48 km
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)