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- LGD code
- 55404
- Pincode
- 244715
- Post office
- Ramnagar (Nainital)
- Population
- 253
- Households
- 44
- Literacy rate
- 70%
- Sex ratio
- 961 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 75
- Distance to district centre
- 83 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 77 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 202 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- St. Paul Hospital, Satpuli · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Papri compares
By population, Papri ranks #95 of 146 villages in Ramnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.0%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Papri
- 70.0%
- Ramnagar mandal
- 66.6%
- Nainital district
- 73.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
961
+3 vs mandal average
- Papri
- 961
- Ramnagar mandal
- 958
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Papri
- 5.8
- Ramnagar mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Papri at a glance
Papri is a village of 253 people in 44 households (Census 2011) in Ramnagar tehsil, Nainital district, Uttarakhand, the 95th-largest of 146 villages in Ramnagar tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. It lies 83 km from the Nainital district centre, 21 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 23 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 244715, served by Ramnagar (Nainital) post office; the LGD village code is 55404. The nearest hospital or health centre is St. Paul Hospital, Satpuli, 4 km away. The village votes in Lansdowne assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 298 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Papri
- LGD code
- 55404
- Pincode
- 244715
- Post office
- Ramnagar (Nainital)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 253
- Population (projected 2026)
- 298
- Households
- 44
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 961
- Literacy rate
- 70.0%
- Coordinates
- 29.90453°N, 78.67624°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lansdowne
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Daleep Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Ramnagar
Getting there
How to reach Papri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun77 kmcapital
- Delhi202 km
- Kolkata1263 km
- Mumbai1339 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara23 km
- Hospital / PHCSt. Paul Hospital, Satpuli4 km
- ATM / banksbi35 km
- Petrol pumpIoc26 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry36 km
- Police stationPolice station42 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Papri
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 244715
- Aampokhra RangeRamnagar mandal8,269 pop
- ChilkiaRamnagar mandal3,193 pop
- Udaipuri ChopraRamnagar mandal2,957 pop
- Tanda MallooRamnagar mandal2,810 pop
- Chandra NagarRamnagar mandal2,718 pop
- Ghandhi NagarRamnagar mandal2,614 pop
- ChorpaniRamnagar mandal2,251 pop
- Kosi RangeRamnagar mandal2,167 pop
- Ramnagar RangeRamnagar mandal2,103 pop
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- Shankarpur Bhud
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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)