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Philam

फिलम
Dharchula mandal
Pincode 262545
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAYENDRA SINGH
Contact: 72****7672
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LGD code
49079
Pincode
262545
Post office
Dharchula
Population
151
Households
25
Literacy rate
77.5%
Sex ratio
961 ♀/1000♂
Workers
111
Distance to district centre
78 km
Distance to mandal centre
31 km
Distance to Dehradun
242 km
Distance to Delhi
372 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Philam compares

By population, Philam ranks #54 of 76 villages in Dharchula mandal.

Literacy rate
%
77.5%
+10.2% vs mandal average
Philam
77.5%
Dharchula mandal
67.3%
Pithoragarh district
71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
961
−29 vs mandal average
Philam
961
Dharchula mandal
990
Household size
people per home
6.0
+1.5 vs mandal average
Philam
6.0
Dharchula mandal
4.5

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Philam at a glance

Philam is a village of 151 people in 25 households (Census 2011) in Dharchula tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 54th-largest of 76 villages in Dharchula tehsil. Literacy is 78%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. It lies 78 km from the Pithoragarh district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262545, served by Dharchula post office; the LGD village code is 49079. The sarpanch is JAYENDRA SINGH, and the village votes in Dharchula assembly constituency, represented by MLA Harish Singh Dhami. The population is estimated at 178 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Philam

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Philam · this village15178%
Go · Dharchula34376%1.8 km NW
Baling · Dharchula31574%4.7 km S
Nagling · Dharchula39679%8.1 km S
Chal · Dharchula22068%8.4 km S
Dar · Dharchula56056%20.6 km S
Paina · Narayanbagar667%27 km SW

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Key facts — Philam

LGD code
49079
Pincode
262545
Post office
Dharchula
Population (Census 2011)
151
Population (projected 2026)
178
Households
25
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
961
Literacy rate
77.5%
Coordinates
30.25078°N, 80.55547°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dharchula
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Harish Singh Dhami
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
JAYENDRA SINGH
Block / Mandal
Dharchula
Getting there

How to reach Philam

Mandal centre
Dharchula · ≈ 31 km
≈ 1 h 3 min by car · 1 h 15 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Pithoragarh · ≈ 78 km
≈ 2 h 40 min by car · 3 h 10 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun242 kmcapital
  • Delhi372 km
  • Kolkata1154 km
  • Hyderabad1446 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Petrol pumpHP fuel pump36 km
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Sources & freshness
  • 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)
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