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Dhunga

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Bageshwar mandal
Pincode 263628
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LGD code
51006
Pincode
263628
Post office
Takula
Population
112
Households
23
Literacy rate
73.2%
Sex ratio
965 ♀/1000♂
Workers
68
Distance to district centre
6 km
Distance to mandal centre
4 km
Distance to Dehradun
162 km
Distance to Delhi
274 km
Nearest railway station
Kathgodam · 68 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Aashirwad Clinic · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Dhunga compares

By population, Dhunga ranks #151 of 269 villages in Bageshwar mandal.

Literacy rate
%
73.2%
+0.8% vs mandal average
Dhunga
73.2%
Bageshwar mandal
72.4%
Bageshwar district
69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
965
−73 vs mandal average
Dhunga
965
Bageshwar mandal
1,038
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.5 vs mandal average
Dhunga
4.9
Bageshwar mandal
4.4

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

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Dhunga at a glance

Dhunga is a village of 112 people in 23 households (Census 2011) in Bageshwar tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 151st-largest of 269 villages in Bageshwar tehsil. Literacy is 73%, about the same as the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Bageshwar district centre, 26 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 68 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263628, served by Takula post office; the LGD village code is 51006. The nearest hospital or health centre is Aashirwad Clinic, 4 km away. The village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 132 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Dhunga

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Dhunga · this village11273%
Kholi · Bageshwar57772%0 km N
Doba · Bageshwar40568%0 km N
Choni · Bageshwar7657%0 km N
Khuna · Bageshwar11573%0 km N
Barkhand · Bageshwar01.4 km E
Lakhani · Garud1,31359%1.4 km E

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Key facts — Dhunga

LGD code
51006
Pincode
263628
Post office
Takula
Population (Census 2011)
112
Population (projected 2026)
132
Households
23
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
965
Literacy rate
73.2%
Coordinates
29.87398°N, 79.64101°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bageshwar
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Chandan Ram Dass
Block / Mandal
Bageshwar
Getting there

How to reach Dhunga

Mandal centre
Bageshwar · ≈ 4.4 km
≈ 9 min by car · 11 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Bageshwar · ≈ 6.3 km
≈ 13 min by car · 15 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 11,387 people
Kafara · ≈ 26 km
≈ 54 min by car · 1 h 4 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun162 kmcapital
  • Delhi274 km
  • Kolkata1189 km
  • Mumbai1381 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationKathgodam68 km
  • Bus stopbageshwar bus station14 km
  • Hospital / PHCAashirwad Clinic4 km
  • ATM / bankUttarakhand Gramin Bank4 km
  • Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum25 km
  • CollegeGovt Post Graduate College14 km
  • Police stationMallital Police Station57 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Dhunga

5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.

  • 🛕Baijnath Temple ComplexTemple4.4 km ↗
  • 🛕Baijnath templeTemple4.4 km ↗
  • 🛕Pingla Devi TempleTemple4.5 km ↗
  • 🛕Three temples of the Indo-Aryan shikhara type known as Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Rakshas Deval Temple and Satya Narayan TempleTemple4.6 km ↗
  • 🛕Tallihat group of temples and Katyuri mound, UttarakhandTemple4.6 km ↗
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Sources & freshness
  • 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)
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