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- LGD code
- 47341
- Pincode
- 246193
- Post office
- Jahrikhal (B)
- Population
- 74
- Households
- 22
- Literacy rate
- 50%
- Sex ratio
- 1176 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 14
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 79 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 196 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shyam Eye Clinic · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kathela compares
By population, Kathela ranks #135 of 243 villages in Lansdowne mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.0%
−22.1% vs mandal average
- Kathela
- 50.0%
- Lansdowne mandal
- 72.1%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,176
+39 vs mandal average
- Kathela
- 1,176
- Lansdowne mandal
- 1,137
Household size
people per home
3.4
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Kathela
- 3.4
- Lansdowne mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kathela at a glance
Kathela is a village of 74 people in 22 households (Census 2011) in Lansdowne tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 135th-largest of 243 villages in Lansdowne tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 22 points below the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,176 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 24 km from Harsoli, the nearest town, 17 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246193, served by Jahrikhal (B) post office; the LGD village code is 47341. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shyam Eye Clinic, 3 km away. The village votes in Lansdowne assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 87 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kathela
- LGD code
- 47341
- Pincode
- 246193
- Post office
- Jahrikhal (B)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 74
- Population (projected 2026)
- 87
- Households
- 22
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1176
- Literacy rate
- 50.0%
- Coordinates
- 29.84905°N, 78.65252°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lansdowne
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Daleep Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Lansdowne
Getting there
How to reach Kathela
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun79 kmcapital
- Delhi196 km
- Kolkata1261 km
- Mumbai1332 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara17 km
- Hospital / PHCShyam Eye Clinic3 km
- Petrol pumpIoc31 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry41 km
- Police stationPolice station44 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kathela
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Santoshi MataTemple2.3 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kathela
3 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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