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Uttarakhand CM Dhami says strong cooperatives, M-PACS can strengthen rural economy
Reported by The Times of India.
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- LGD code
- 50521
- Pincode
- 263632
- Post office
- Kapkote
- Population
- 1,244
- Households
- 232
- Literacy rate
- 65%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 447
Census 2011 · in context
How Wachham compares
By population, Wachham ranks #8 of 120 villages in Kapkot mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.0%
+0.6% vs mandal average
- Wachham
- 65.0%
- Kapkot mandal
- 64.4%
- Bageshwar district
- 69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
−83 vs mandal average
- Wachham
- 990
- Kapkot mandal
- 1,073
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Wachham
- 5.4
- Kapkot mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Wachham at a glance
Wachham is a village of 1,244 people in 232 households (Census 2011) in Kapkot tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 8th-largest of 120 villages in Kapkot tehsil. Literacy is 65%, about the same as the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 263632, served by Kapkote post office; the LGD village code is 50521. The village votes in Tharali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhupal Ram Tamta. The population is estimated at 1,467 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Wachham
- LGD code
- 50521
- Pincode
- 263632
- Post office
- Kapkote
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,244
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,467
- Households
- 232
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 65.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tharali
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhupal Ram Tamta
- Block / Mandal
- Kapkot
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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