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Ancestral home of '62 war hero in Uttarakhand to be made museum
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Penakot is a village in Chakisain mandal, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, with a population of 103 across 25 households. The village has a literacy rate of 67%.
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- LGD code
- 46491
- Pincode
- 246123
- Post office
- Chipalghat (A)
- Population
- 103
- Households
- 25
- Literacy rate
- 67%
- Sex ratio
- 1711 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 49
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 97 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 242 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 63 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Chipalghat · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Penakot compares
By population, Penakot ranks #88 of 115 villages in Chakisain mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.0%
+7.7% vs mandal average
Penakot67.0%
Chakisain mandal59.3%
Pauri Garhwal district72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,711
+500 vs mandal average
Penakot1,711
Chakisain mandal1,211
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.8 vs mandal average
Penakot4.1
Chakisain mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Penakot at a glance
Penakot is a village of 103 people in 25 households (Census 2011) in Chakisain tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 88th-largest of 115 villages in Chakisain tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,711 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 22 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 63 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246123, served by Chipalghat (A) post office; the LGD village code is 46491. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Chipalghat, 9 km away. The village votes in Srinagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 121 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Penakot
- LGD code
- 46491
- Pincode
- 246123
- Post office
- Chipalghat (A)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 103
- Population (projected 2026)
- 121
- Households
- 25
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1711
- Literacy rate
- 67.0%
- Coordinates
- 30.11854°N, 79.01360°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Srinagar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Chakisain
Getting there
How to reach Penakot
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun97 kmcapital
- Delhi242 km
- Kolkata1253 km
- Mumbai1375 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara63 km
- Bus stopKalina (soad)20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Chipalghat9 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM26 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum22 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry7 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station19 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Penakot
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 246123
Villages near Penakot
Other villages in Chakisain mandal
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- Sailoon Or Salon
- Teela
- Kathud
- Naidi
- Sounth
- Risti
- Tirpali Or Tarpali
- Syoli Talli
- Kuchouli
- Khand Malla
- Kundeel
- Kot Kandayee
- Banjkot
- Paligonth Or Palli
- Rekholi
- Dungri Talli
- Paithani
- Jaakh
- Mij Gaon
- Khand Talla
- Kouth
- Chouthani
- Nao Gaon
- Eada
- Syoli Malli
- Kirsal
- Gadoli
- Markhola
- Chopra
- Gweeth Gaon
- Kokli
- Serabada Kot Or Sera
- Kanakot
- Sunar Gaon
- Madhi Gaon
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)