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Uttarakhand CM Dhami says strong cooperatives, M-PACS can strengthen rural economy
Reported by The Times of India.
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chanyu is a village in Pauri mandal, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. It has a population of 349 across 80 households, with a literacy rate of 64.5%. The village is located at coordinates 30.154°N, 78.792°E.
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- LGD code
- 46270
- Pincode
- 246001
- Post office
- Bus Station Pauri
- Population
- 349
- Households
- 80
- Literacy rate
- 64.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1128 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 144
- Distance to district centre
- 25 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 75 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 230 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 49 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chanyu compares
By population, Chanyu ranks #82 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.5%
−5.2% vs mandal average
- Chanyu
- 64.5%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,128
−58 vs mandal average
- Chanyu
- 1,128
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Chanyu
- 4.4
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chanyu at a glance
Chanyu is a village of 349 people in 80 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 82nd-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,128 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 11 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 49 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246001, served by Bus Station Pauri post office; the LGD village code is 46270. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic, 2 km away. The village votes in Pauri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Pori. The population is estimated at 411 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Chanyu
- LGD code
- 46270
- Pincode
- 246001
- Post office
- Bus Station Pauri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 349
- Population (projected 2026)
- 411
- Households
- 80
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1128
- Literacy rate
- 64.5%
- Coordinates
- 30.15411°N, 78.79165°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pauri
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajkumar Pori
- Block / Mandal
- Pauri
Getting there
How to reach Chanyu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun75 kmcapital
- Delhi230 km
- Kolkata1272 km
- Mumbai1369 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh49 km
- Bus stopDevprayag19 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Nautiyal's Clinic2 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM8 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum9 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS8 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station23 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chanyu
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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