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Kwarala

क्वाराला
Okhalkanda mandal
Pincode 263157
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Kwarala observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.

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Temple in Okhalkanda mandal

The principal temple recorded for Okhalkanda mandal is Mukteshwar MahadevTemple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kwarala itself.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Uttarakhand

Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.

The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

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LGD code
55046
Pincode
263157
Post office
Okhalkanda
Population
543
Households
96
Literacy rate
62.1%
Sex ratio
1049 ♀/1000♂
Workers
183
Census 2011 · in context

How Kwarala compares

By population, Kwarala ranks #20 of 57 villages in Okhalkanda mandal.

Literacy rate
%
62.1%
+0.3% vs mandal average
Kwarala62.1%
Okhalkanda mandal61.8%
Nainital district73.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,049
+73 vs mandal average
Kwarala1,049
Okhalkanda mandal976
Household size
people per home
5.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
Kwarala5.7
Okhalkanda mandal5.8

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

Kwarala at a glance

Kwarala is a village of 543 people in 96 households (Census 2011) in Okhalkanda tehsil, Nainital district, Uttarakhand, the 20th-largest of 57 villages in Okhalkanda tehsil. Literacy is 62%, about the same as the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,049 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 263157, served by Okhalkanda post office; the LGD village code is 55046. The village votes in Bhimtal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Singh Kaira. The population is estimated at 640 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Key facts — Kwarala

LGD code
55046
Pincode
263157
Post office
Okhalkanda
Population (Census 2011)
543
Population (projected 2026)
640
Households
96
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1049
Literacy rate
62.1%
Lok Sabha constituency
Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bhimtal
Member of Parliament
Ajay Bhatt
Member of Legislative Assembly
Ram Singh Kaira
Block / Mandal
Okhalkanda
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  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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