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Rain activity to ease across Uttarakhand from weekend; monsoon withdrawal after Sept 25
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ASHA MAHARA
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- LGD code
- 49752
- Pincode
- 262534
- Post office
- Agar
- Population
- 99
- Households
- 21
- Literacy rate
- 80.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1106 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 55
- Distance to district centre
- 14 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 176 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 283 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 67 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bageshwar Governnment Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Koteshwar compares
By population, Koteshwar ranks #89 of 193 villages in Berinag mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.8%
+8.5% vs mandal average
- Koteshwar
- 80.8%
- Berinag mandal
- 72.3%
- Pithoragarh district
- 71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,106
+46 vs mandal average
- Koteshwar
- 1,106
- Berinag mandal
- 1,060
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Koteshwar
- 4.7
- Berinag mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Koteshwar at a glance
Koteshwar is a village of 99 people in 21 households (Census 2011) in Berinag tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 89th-largest of 193 villages in Berinag tehsil. Literacy is 81%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,106 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Pithoragarh district centre, 35 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 67 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262534, served by Agar post office; the LGD village code is 49752. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bageshwar Governnment Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is ASHA MAHARA, and the village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 117 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koteshwar · this village | 99 | 81% | — |
| Bhitalgaon · Bageshwar | 125 | 83% | 0.8 km SE |
| Darmet · Berinag | 25 | 44% | 1.4 km S |
| Kathayatbara · Bageshwar | 3,169 | 80% | 1.4 km NE |
| Kaligarh · Sult | 184 | 79% | 1.5 km S |
| Bagdoli · Berinag | 73 | 63% | 2.1 km W |
| Banoli · Berinag | 58 | 83% | 2.1 km W |
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Key facts — Koteshwar
- LGD code
- 49752
- Pincode
- 262534
- Post office
- Agar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 99
- Population (projected 2026)
- 117
- Households
- 21
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1106
- Literacy rate
- 80.8%
- Coordinates
- 29.83760°N, 79.77140°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bageshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandan Ram Dass
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ASHA MAHARA
- Block / Mandal
- Berinag
Getting there
How to reach Koteshwar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun176 kmcapital
- Delhi283 km
- Kolkata1177 km
- Mumbai1384 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam67 km
- Bus stopbageshwar bus station2 km
- Hospital / PHCBageshwar Governnment Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankAlmora Urban Cooperative Bank Limited<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil29 km
- CollegeGovt Post Graduate College1 km
- Police stationThana Bhimtal58 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Koteshwar
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Koteshwar
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)