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Sandu is a small village in Pauri mandal, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, located at 30.081°N, 78.838°E. It has a population of 43 across 11 households with a literacy rate of 76.7%.
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- LGD code
- 45615
- Pincode
- 246001
- Post office
- Bus Station Pauri
- Population
- 43
- Households
- 11
- Literacy rate
- 76.7%
- Sex ratio
- 870 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 25
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 82 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 227 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 48 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pabau Government Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sandu compares
By population, Sandu ranks #547 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.7%
+7.0% vs mandal average
- Sandu
- 76.7%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
870
−316 vs mandal average
- Sandu
- 870
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
3.9
Same as the mandal average
- Sandu
- 3.9
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sandu at a glance
Sandu is a village of 43 people in 11 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 547th-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 77%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 5 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 48 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246001, served by Bus Station Pauri post office; the LGD village code is 45615. 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 51 in 2026, up 19% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Sandu
- LGD code
- 45615
- Pincode
- 246001
- Post office
- Bus Station Pauri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 43
- Population (projected 2026)
- 51
- Households
- 11
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 870
- Literacy rate
- 76.7%
- Coordinates
- 30.08066°N, 78.83826°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 Sandu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun82 kmcapital
- Delhi227 km
- Kolkata1263 km
- Mumbai1363 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara48 km
- Bus stopDevprayag24 km
- Hospital / PHCPabau Government Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM17 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum16 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry16 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station27 km
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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)