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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
laxman singh
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- LGD code
- 50887
- Pincode
- 263634
- Post office
- Dofar
- Population
- 216
- Households
- 52
- Literacy rate
- 73.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1077 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 113
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 175 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 286 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 71 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bageshwar Governnment Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Darsing compares
By population, Darsing ranks #22 of 62 villages in Dugnakuri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.1%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Darsing
- 73.1%
- Dugnakuri mandal
- 69.2%
- Bageshwar district
- 69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,077
+14 vs mandal average
- Darsing
- 1,077
- Dugnakuri mandal
- 1,063
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Darsing
- 4.2
- Dugnakuri mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Darsing at a glance
Darsing is a village of 216 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Dugnakuri tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 22nd-largest of 62 villages in Dugnakuri tehsil. Literacy is 73%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,077 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Bageshwar district centre, 37 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 71 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263634, served by Dofar post office; the LGD village code is 50887. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bageshwar Governnment Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is laxman singh , and the village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 255 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Darsing
- LGD code
- 50887
- Pincode
- 263634
- Post office
- Dofar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 216
- Population (projected 2026)
- 255
- Households
- 52
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1077
- Literacy rate
- 73.1%
- Coordinates
- 29.87195°N, 79.77857°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bageshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandan Ram Dass
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- laxman singh
- Block / Mandal
- Dugnakuri
Getting there
How to reach Darsing
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun175 kmcapital
- Delhi286 km
- Kolkata1179 km
- Mumbai1388 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam71 km
- Bus stopbageshwar bus station6 km
- Hospital / PHCBageshwar Governnment Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankAlmora Urban Cooperative Bank Limited4 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil32 km
- CollegeGovt Post Graduate College3 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Darsing
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Darsing
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Govt Post Graduate CollegeCollege2.8 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)