Uttarakhand CM orders Chamoli village road completion in 3 months
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Chidanga Khalsa observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
The principal temple recorded for Dewal mandal is Badhangarhi Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Chidanga Khalsa 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.
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By population, Chidanga Khalsa ranks #46 of 81 villages in Dewal mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chidanga Khalsa is a village of 201 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Dewal tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 46th-largest of 81 villages in Dewal tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,072 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 246441, served by Gwaldam post office; the LGD village code is 41736. The sarpanch is rakesh chandra, and the village votes in Tharali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhupal Ram Tamta. The population is estimated at 237 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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