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Chanoli observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
The principal temple recorded for Garud mandal is Rudradhari Mahadev Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Chanoli itself.
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.
By population, Chanoli ranks #69 of 196 villages in Garud mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chanoli is a village of 349 people in 88 households (Census 2011) in Garud tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 69th-largest of 196 villages in Garud tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,407 women per 1,000 men. It lies 7 km from the Bageshwar district centre, 18 km from Sirauli, the nearest town, 71 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263641, served by Baijnath (Bageshwar) post office; the LGD village code is 51329. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bantoli, 1 km away. The sarpanch is harish chandra singh negi, and the village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 411 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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