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- LGD code
- 53996
- Pincode
- 262580
- Post office
- Devidhura
- Population
- 531
- Households
- 97
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Sex ratio
- 945 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 205
- Distance to district centre
- 51 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 187 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 265 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 33 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Paharpani · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Valik compares
By population, Valik ranks #29 of 146 villages in Pati mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.4%
−0.9% vs mandal average
- Valik
- 67.4%
- Pati mandal
- 68.3%
- Champawat district
- 68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
945
−30 vs mandal average
- Valik
- 945
- Pati mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Valik
- 5.5
- Pati mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Valik at a glance
Valik is a village of 531 people in 97 households (Census 2011) in Pati tehsil, Champawat district, Uttarakhand, the 29th-largest of 146 villages in Pati tehsil. Literacy is 67%, about the same as the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 945 women per 1,000 men. It lies 51 km from the Champawat district centre, 38 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 33 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262580, served by Devidhura post office; the LGD village code is 53996. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Paharpani, 10 km away. The village votes in Jageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mohan Singh. The population is estimated at 626 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Valik
- LGD code
- 53996
- Pincode
- 262580
- Post office
- Devidhura
- Population (Census 2011)
- 531
- Population (projected 2026)
- 626
- Households
- 97
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 945
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Coordinates
- 29.51008°N, 79.73946°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jageshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mohan Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Pati
Getting there
How to reach Valik
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun187 kmcapital
- Delhi265 km
- Kolkata1156 km
- Mumbai1352 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam33 km
- Bus stopBus Stand13 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Paharpani10 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank25 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil13 km
- CollegeKumaun University (Admin Block)31 km
- Police stationThana Bhimtal25 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)