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Ancestral home of '62 war hero in Uttarakhand to be made museum
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- LGD code
- 50911
- Pincode
- 263642
- Post office
- Bageshwar
- Population
- 77
- Households
- 20
- Literacy rate
- 81.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1484 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 41
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 169 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 280 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 68 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bageshwar Governnment Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vurgarh compares
By population, Vurgarh ranks #179 of 269 villages in Bageshwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.8%
+9.4% vs mandal average
Vurgarh81.8%
Bageshwar mandal72.4%
Bageshwar district69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,484
+446 vs mandal average
Vurgarh1,484
Bageshwar mandal1,038
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.5 vs mandal average
Vurgarh3.9
Bageshwar mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vurgarh at a glance
Vurgarh is a village of 77 people in 20 households (Census 2011) in Bageshwar tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 179th-largest of 269 villages in Bageshwar tehsil. Literacy is 82%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,484 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Bageshwar district centre, 31 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 68 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263642, served by Bageshwar post office; the LGD village code is 50911. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bageshwar Governnment Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 91 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Vurgarh
- LGD code
- 50911
- Pincode
- 263642
- Post office
- Bageshwar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 77
- Population (projected 2026)
- 91
- Households
- 20
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1484
- Literacy rate
- 81.8%
- Coordinates
- 29.86813°N, 79.70682°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 Vurgarh
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun169 kmcapital
- Delhi280 km
- Kolkata1184 km
- Mumbai1384 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam68 km
- Bus stopbageshwar bus station9 km
- Hospital / PHCBageshwar Governnment Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankAlmora Urban Cooperative Bank Limited7 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum28 km
- CollegeGovt Post Graduate College8 km
- Police stationMallital Police Station58 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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