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Uttarakhand CM orders Chamoli village road completion in 3 months
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- LGD code
- 41282
- Pincode
- 246429
- Post office
- Gauchar
- Population
- 162
- Households
- 41
- Literacy rate
- 72.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1348 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 84
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 17 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 111 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 265 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Trauma Centre · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Galnau compares
By population, Galnau ranks #76 of 199 villages in Karnaprayag mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.8%
+0.3% vs mandal average
- Galnau
- 72.8%
- Karnaprayag mandal
- 72.5%
- Chamoli district
- 71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,348
+200 vs mandal average
- Galnau
- 1,348
- Karnaprayag mandal
- 1,148
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Galnau
- 4.0
- Karnaprayag mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Galnau at a glance
Galnau is a village of 162 people in 41 households (Census 2011) in Karnaprayag tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 76th-largest of 199 villages in Karnaprayag tehsil. Literacy is 73%, about the same as the tehsil average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,348 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Chamoli district centre, 44 km from Kulheri, the nearest town (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246429, served by Gauchar post office; the LGD village code is 41282. The nearest hospital or health centre is Trauma Centre, 3 km away. The population is estimated at 191 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Galnau
- LGD code
- 41282
- Pincode
- 246429
- Post office
- Gauchar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 162
- Population (projected 2026)
- 191
- Households
- 41
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1348
- Literacy rate
- 72.8%
- Coordinates
- 30.26813°N, 79.18435°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karnprayag
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Block / Mandal
- Karnaprayag
Getting there
How to reach Galnau
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun111 kmcapital
- Delhi265 km
- Kolkata1251 km
- Mumbai1397 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Bus stopKalina (soad)12 km
- Hospital / PHCTrauma Centre3 km
- ATM / bankSTATE BANK OF INDIA20 km
- Petrol pumpINDIAN OIL FUEL STATION20 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry29 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station20 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Galnau
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Karnaprayag ghatTemple3.1 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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