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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Podwala is a village in Vikas Nagar mandal, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand state. With a population of 310 in 68 households, it has a literacy rate of 80.6%. The village is located at coordinates 30.220°N, 78.380°E with PIN code 248001.
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- LGD code
- 45065
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population
- 310
- Households
- 68
- Literacy rate
- 80.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1199 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 56
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 35 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 212 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Arora's Clinic · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Podwala compares
By population, Podwala ranks #105 of 141 villages in Vikas Nagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.6%
+14.6% vs mandal average
- Podwala
- 80.6%
- Vikas Nagar mandal
- 66.0%
- Dehradun district
- 74.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,199
+286 vs mandal average
- Podwala
- 1,199
- Vikas Nagar mandal
- 913
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Podwala
- 4.6
- Vikas Nagar mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Podwala at a glance
Podwala is a village of 310 people in 68 households (Census 2011) in Vikas Nagar tehsil, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, the 105th-largest of 141 villages in Vikas Nagar tehsil. Literacy is 81%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,199 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Dehradun district centre, 32 km from Harsoli, the nearest town, 15 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 248001, served by Araghar post office; the LGD village code is 45065. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Arora's Clinic, 12 km away. The village votes in Narendranagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Subodh Uniyal. The population is estimated at 365 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Podwala
- LGD code
- 45065
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 310
- Population (projected 2026)
- 365
- Households
- 68
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1199
- Literacy rate
- 80.6%
- Coordinates
- 30.22023°N, 78.38048°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narendranagar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Subodh Uniyal
- Block / Mandal
- Vikas Nagar
Getting there
How to reach Podwala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun35 kmcapital
- Delhi212 km
- Kolkata1307 km
- Mumbai1358 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh15 km
- Bus stopJeep stop8 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Arora's Clinic12 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India11 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil10 km
- CollegeDrona's College31 km
- Police stationPolice station12 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 248001
- HrishikeshRishikesh mandal34,775 pop
- East HopetownVikas Nagar mandal20,840 pop
- Dhakrani(Dehat)Vikas Nagar mandal12,757 pop
- Shewala KalaDehradun mandal10,290 pop
- DakpatharVikas Nagar mandal9,897 pop
- Mazri GrantDoiwala mandal9,620 pop
- JauligrantDoiwala mandal9,297 pop
- Shankerpur HakumatpurVikas Nagar mandal8,369 pop
- AthoorwalaDoiwala mandal7,444 pop
Villages near Podwala
Other villages in Vikas Nagar mandal
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- Dhakrani(Dehat)
- Dakpathar
- Sahas Pur
- Shankerpur Hakumatpur
- Chharba
- Rasulpur
- Nawabgarh
- Jamni Pur
- Badam Wala
- Sabhawala
- Rampur Kala
- Sudhauwala
- Jaman Khata
- Atakfarm
- Khushal Pur
- Sherpur
- Mehunwala Khalsa
- Mednipur Badripur
- Dumet
- Dhakimay Chak
- Athan Bagh
- Tiparpur
- Fatehpur
- Mirzapur Urf Dhalipur
- Babugarh
- Shisham Bara
- Jassowala
- Kedarawala
- Timali
- Lakshmi Pur
- Jhajra
- Kandhauli
- Shahpur Kalyanpur
- Bheemawala
- Kunja
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)