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Dewar

Nandprayag mandal
Pincode 246449
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Dewar observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.

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Temples near Dewar

  • Govind Group of Temples, Simli · 2.8 km
  • Naini Mandir · 4.2 km
  • जंगली भैरव · 4.8 km

Named places of worship on record

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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
saroj devi
Contact: 88****2612
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LGD code
41021
Pincode
246449
Post office
Nandprayag
Population
294
Households
75
Literacy rate
76.2%
Sex ratio
1146 ♀/1000♂
Workers
152
Distance to district centre
9 km
Distance to mandal centre
2 km
Distance to Dehradun
120 km
Distance to Delhi
271 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
ECHS PolyClinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Dewar compares

By population, Dewar ranks #14 of 65 villages in Nandprayag mandal.

Literacy rate
%
76.2%
+5.4% vs mandal average
Dewar
76.2%
Nandprayag mandal
70.8%
Chamoli district
71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,146
+49 vs mandal average
Dewar
1,146
Nandprayag mandal
1,097
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.5 vs mandal average
Dewar
3.9
Nandprayag mandal
4.4

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Dewar at a glance

Dewar is a village of 294 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Nandprayag tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 14th-largest of 65 villages in Nandprayag tehsil. Literacy is 76%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 71% and the sex ratio is 1,146 women per 1,000 men. It lies 9 km from the Chamoli district centre, 43 km from Sirauli, the nearest town (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246449, served by Nandprayag post office; the LGD village code is 41021. The nearest hospital or health centre is ECHS PolyClinic, 5 km away. The sarpanch is saroj devi . The population is estimated at 347 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Dewar Kaneri

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Dewar · this village29476%
Guhai · Nandprayag18471%0 km N
Suktoli · Karnaprayag17972%1.3 km S
Naitoli · Nandprayag3664%1.3 km W
Khaltara · Nandprayag26463%1.4 km N
Kwirali · Nandprayag4070%2.3 km SE
Maithana · Nandprayag89277%2.5 km NW

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Key facts — Dewar

LGD code
41021
Pincode
246449
Post office
Nandprayag
Population (Census 2011)
294
Population (projected 2026)
347
Households
75
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1146
Literacy rate
76.2%
Coordinates
30.24772°N, 79.28196°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Garhwal
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Karnprayag
Member of Parliament
Anil Baluni
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
saroj devi
Block / Mandal
Nandprayag
Getting there

How to reach Dewar

Mandal centre
Nandprayag · ≈ 2.5 km
≈ 5 min by car · 6 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Chamoli · ≈ 8.6 km
≈ 18 min by car · 21 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 18,600 people
Sirauli · ≈ 43 km
≈ 1 h 28 min by car · 1 h 45 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun120 kmcapital
  • Delhi271 km
  • Kolkata1243 km
  • Mumbai1400 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Bus stopPursari12 km
  • Hospital / PHCECHS PolyClinic5 km
  • ATM / bankSBI18 km
  • Petrol pumpINDIAN OIL FUEL STATION18 km
  • CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry34 km
  • Police stationRudraprayag Police Station29 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Dewar

4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.

  • 🛕Govind Group of Temples, SimliTemple2.8 km ↗
  • 🛕Naini MandirTemple4.2 km ↗
  • 🛕जंगली भैरवTemple4.8 km ↗
  • 🛕Place of Shil tree, of which in September 2018 a figure of Naini Mata was formedTemple5.0 km ↗
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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