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- LGD code
- 46229
- Pincode
- 246164
- Post office
- Pabau (B)
- Population
- 215
- Households
- 46
- Literacy rate
- 70.7%
- Sex ratio
- 955 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 103
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 81 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 231 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 53 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pabau Government Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Palsain compares
By population, Palsain ranks #160 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.7%
+1.0% vs mandal average
- Palsain
- 70.7%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
955
−231 vs mandal average
- Palsain
- 955
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Palsain
- 4.7
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palsain at a glance
Palsain is a village of 215 people in 46 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 160th-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 955 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 9 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 53 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246164, served by Pabau (B) post office; the LGD village code is 46229. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pabau Government Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Pauri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Pori. The population is estimated at 253 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Palsain
- LGD code
- 46229
- Pincode
- 246164
- Post office
- Pabau (B)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 215
- Population (projected 2026)
- 253
- Households
- 46
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 955
- Literacy rate
- 70.7%
- Coordinates
- 30.12781°N, 78.84881°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 Palsain
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun81 kmcapital
- Delhi231 km
- Kolkata1266 km
- Mumbai1368 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara53 km
- Bus stopDevprayag24 km
- Hospital / PHCPabau Government Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM13 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum11 km
- CollegeCHAURAS GROUND11 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station22 km
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)