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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Rakhun is a village in Pauri mandal, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, with a population of 180 across 47 households. The village has a literacy rate of 63.9% and is located at coordinates 30.130°N, 78.790°E with PIN code 246148.
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- LGD code
- 45675
- Pincode
- 246148
- Post office
- Kot (Pauri Garhwal)
- Population
- 180
- Households
- 47
- Literacy rate
- 63.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1118 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 109
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 76 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 228 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 48 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rakhun compares
By population, Rakhun ranks #201 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.9%
−5.8% vs mandal average
- Rakhun
- 63.9%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,118
−68 vs mandal average
- Rakhun
- 1,118
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Rakhun
- 3.8
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rakhun at a glance
Rakhun is a village of 180 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 201st-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,118 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 8 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 48 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246148, served by Kot (Pauri Garhwal) post office; the LGD village code is 45675. 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 212 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Rakhun
- LGD code
- 45675
- Pincode
- 246148
- Post office
- Kot (Pauri Garhwal)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 180
- Population (projected 2026)
- 212
- Households
- 47
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1118
- Literacy rate
- 63.9%
- Coordinates
- 30.13006°N, 78.79015°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 Rakhun
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun76 kmcapital
- Delhi228 km
- Kolkata1270 km
- Mumbai1366 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh48 km
- Bus stopDevprayag19 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Nautiyal's Clinic2 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM10 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum11 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS10 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station25 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Rakhun
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)