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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dhunka is a village in Pauri mandal, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, with a population of 301 across 66 households. The village has a literacy rate of 60.5% and is located at coordinates 30.154°N, 78.792°E.
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- LGD code
- 46345
- Pincode
- 246123
- Post office
- Chipalghat (A)
- Population
- 301
- Households
- 66
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1389 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 139
- 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 Dhunka compares
By population, Dhunka ranks #103 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.5%
−9.2% vs mandal average
- Dhunka
- 60.5%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,389
+203 vs mandal average
- Dhunka
- 1,389
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Dhunka
- 4.6
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhunka at a glance
Dhunka is a village of 301 people in 66 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 103rd-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,389 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 246123, served by Chipalghat (A) post office; the LGD village code is 46345. 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 355 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Dhunka
- LGD code
- 46345
- Pincode
- 246123
- Post office
- Chipalghat (A)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 301
- Population (projected 2026)
- 355
- Households
- 66
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1389
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- 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 Dhunka
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 Dhunka
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
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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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)