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- LGD code
- 53501
- Pincode
- 263626
- Post office
- Jainti
- Population
- 97
- Households
- 25
- Literacy rate
- 67%
- Sex ratio
- 1064 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 65
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 20 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 157 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 275 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 74 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Surya Diagnostic Centre · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pajena compares
By population, Pajena ranks #51 of 73 villages in Jainti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.0%
+4.5% vs mandal average
- Pajena
- 67.0%
- Jainti mandal
- 62.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,064
−67 vs mandal average
- Pajena
- 1,064
- Jainti mandal
- 1,131
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Pajena
- 3.9
- Jainti mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pajena at a glance
Pajena is a village of 97 people in 25 households (Census 2011) in Jainti tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 51st-largest of 73 villages in Jainti tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,064 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Almora district centre, 24 km from Sirauli, the nearest town, 74 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263626, served by Jainti post office; the LGD village code is 53501. The nearest hospital or health centre is Surya Diagnostic Centre, 3 km away. The village votes in Someshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rekha Arya. The population is estimated at 114 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Pajena
- LGD code
- 53501
- Pincode
- 263626
- Post office
- Jainti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 97
- Population (projected 2026)
- 114
- Households
- 25
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1064
- Literacy rate
- 67.0%
- Coordinates
- 29.92890°N, 79.60613°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Someshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rekha Arya
- Block / Mandal
- Jainti
Getting there
How to reach Pajena
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun157 kmcapital
- Delhi275 km
- Kolkata1196 km
- Mumbai1385 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam74 km
- Bus stopbageshwar bus station20 km
- Hospital / PHCSurya Diagnostic Centre3 km
- ATM / bankUttarakhand Gramin Bank4 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum29 km
- CollegeGovt Post Graduate College19 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Pajena
5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Kot Ki Mai TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Tallihat group of temples and Katyuri mound, UttarakhandTemple2.5 km ↗
- 🛕Three temples of the Indo-Aryan shikhara type known as Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Rakshas Deval Temple and Satya Narayan TempleTemple2.5 km ↗
- 🛕Baijnath templeTemple2.6 km ↗
- 🛕Baijnath Temple ComplexTemple2.6 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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