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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEEKSHA AIRARA
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- LGD code
- 52791
- Pincode
- 263645
- Post office
- Ranikhet Kutchery
- Population
- 443
- Households
- 104
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1332 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 238
- Distance to district centre
- 5 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 154 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 250 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ramnagar · 48 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kafra Governnment Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Manela compares
By population, Manela ranks #14 of 90 villages in Dwarahat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
−6.1% vs mandal average
- Manela
- 64.1%
- Dwarahat mandal
- 70.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,332
+93 vs mandal average
- Manela
- 1,332
- Dwarahat mandal
- 1,239
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Manela
- 4.3
- Dwarahat mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Manela at a glance
Manela is a village of 443 people in 104 households (Census 2011) in Dwarahat tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 14th-largest of 90 villages in Dwarahat tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,332 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Almora district centre, 4 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 48 km from Ramnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263645, served by Ranikhet Kutchery post office; the LGD village code is 52791. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kafra Governnment Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is DEEKSHA AIRARA. The population is estimated at 522 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Manela
- LGD code
- 52791
- Pincode
- 263645
- Post office
- Ranikhet Kutchery
- Population (Census 2011)
- 443
- Population (projected 2026)
- 522
- Households
- 104
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1332
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 29.69827°N, 79.46252°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dwarahat
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DEEKSHA AIRARA
- Block / Mandal
- Dwarahat
Getting there
How to reach Manela
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun154 kmcapital
- Delhi250 km
- Kolkata1190 km
- Mumbai1356 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRamnagar48 km
- Bus stopRanikhet Bus Depot7 km
- Hospital / PHCKafra Governnment Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India Someswar branch16 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum5 km
- CollegeKumaun University (Admin Block)34 km
- Police stationMallital Police Station34 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)