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Padhuala

Jalali mandal
Pincode 263653
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Padhuala observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.

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Temple in Jalali mandal

The principal temple recorded for Jalali mandal is Vriddh Kedar Shiva Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Padhuala itself.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Uttarakhand

Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.

The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

Almora burns the whole clan, not just Ravana

Almora is the one place that burns the entire Ravana clan rather than Ravana alone — around thirty-three effigies, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna among them, built by neighbourhood committees and carried through the town with bands before the burning. Mohallas began adding their own figures from 1975. The Kumaoni Ramlila that runs beforehand is sung rather than spoken.

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LGD code
52592
Pincode
263653
Post office
Dwarahat
Population
163
Households
39
Literacy rate
68.1%
Sex ratio
1362 ♀/1000♂
Workers
82
Census 2011 · in context

How Padhuala compares

By population, Padhuala ranks #32 of 77 villages in Jalali mandal.

Literacy rate
%
68.1%
−0.5% vs mandal average
Padhuala68.1%
Jalali mandal68.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,362
+38 vs mandal average
Padhuala1,362
Jalali mandal1,324
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
Padhuala4.2
Jalali mandal4.0

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

Padhuala at a glance

Padhuala is a village of 163 people in 39 households (Census 2011) in Jalali tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 32nd-largest of 77 villages in Jalali tehsil. Literacy is 68%, about the same as the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,362 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 263653, served by Dwarahat post office; the LGD village code is 52592. The village votes in Salt assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahesh Jeena. The population is estimated at 192 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Key facts — Padhuala

LGD code
52592
Pincode
263653
Post office
Dwarahat
Population (Census 2011)
163
Population (projected 2026)
192
Households
39
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1362
Literacy rate
68.1%
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Salt
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Mahesh Jeena
Block / Mandal
Jalali
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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