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- LGD code
- 53391
- Pincode
- 263636
- Post office
- Hawalbagh
- Population
- 205
- Households
- 49
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1412 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 98
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 168 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 262 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 46 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Medical College Hospital, Almora · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Uskuna compares
By population, Uskuna ranks #77 of 150 villages in Someshwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.7%
+4.3% vs mandal average
- Uskuna
- 72.7%
- Someshwar mandal
- 68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,412
+200 vs mandal average
- Uskuna
- 1,412
- Someshwar mandal
- 1,212
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Uskuna
- 4.2
- Someshwar mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uskuna at a glance
Uskuna is a village of 205 people in 49 households (Census 2011) in Someshwar tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 77th-largest of 150 villages in Someshwar tehsil. Literacy is 73%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,412 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Almora district centre, 18 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 46 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263636, served by Hawalbagh post office; the LGD village code is 53391. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Medical College Hospital, Almora, 9 km away. The village votes in Someshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rekha Arya. The population is estimated at 242 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Uskuna
- LGD code
- 53391
- Pincode
- 263636
- Post office
- Hawalbagh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 205
- Population (projected 2026)
- 242
- Households
- 49
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1412
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Coordinates
- 29.67938°N, 79.61301°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Someshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rekha Arya
- Block / Mandal
- Someshwar
Getting there
How to reach Uskuna
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun168 kmcapital
- Delhi262 km
- Kolkata1177 km
- Mumbai1361 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam46 km
- Bus stopJeep Stop10 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Medical College Hospital, Almora9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India Someswar branch11 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum10 km
- CollegeGovt Post Graduate College25 km
- Police stationMallital Police Station35 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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