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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Vineeta Devi
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- LGD code
- 40823
- Pincode
- 246443
- Post office
- Joshimath
- Population
- 664
- Households
- 153
- Literacy rate
- 79.5%
- Sex ratio
- 799 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 412
- Distance to district centre
- 49 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 154 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 317 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pipalkoti SD Ground Hospital · 22 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Paini compares
By population, Paini ranks #10 of 99 villages in Joshimath mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.5%
+5.3% vs mandal average
- Paini
- 79.5%
- Joshimath mandal
- 74.2%
- Chamoli district
- 71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
799
−42 vs mandal average
- Paini
- 799
- Joshimath mandal
- 841
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Paini
- 4.3
- Joshimath mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paini at a glance
Paini is a village of 664 people in 153 households (Census 2011) in Joshimath tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 10th-largest of 99 villages in Joshimath tehsil. Literacy is 80%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 74% and the sex ratio is 799 women per 1,000 men. It lies 49 km from the Chamoli district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246443, served by Joshimath post office; the LGD village code is 40823. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pipalkoti SD Ground Hospital, 22 km away. The sarpanch is Vineeta Devi , and the village votes in Badrinath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajendra Singh Bhandari. The population is estimated at 783 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Paini
- LGD code
- 40823
- Pincode
- 246443
- Post office
- Joshimath
- Population (Census 2011)
- 664
- Population (projected 2026)
- 783
- Households
- 153
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 799
- Literacy rate
- 79.5%
- Coordinates
- 30.54168°N, 79.61908°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Badrinath
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajendra Singh Bhandari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Vineeta Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Joshimath
Getting there
How to reach Paini
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun154 kmcapital
- Delhi317 km
- Kolkata1241 km
- Mumbai1444 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Bus stopBadrinath & Govindghat5 km
- Hospital / PHCPipalkoti SD Ground Hospital22 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM22 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil25 km
- Police stationMilitary border5 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, 2026-05-14
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