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Uttarakhand CM Dhami says strong cooperatives, M-PACS can strengthen rural economy
Reported by The Times of India.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HANSA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 49118
- Pincode
- 262545
- Post office
- Dharchula
- Population
- 637
- Households
- 132
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1061 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 482
- Distance to district centre
- 49 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 221 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 342 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Askote · 35 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Suwa compares
By population, Suwa ranks #19 of 76 villages in Dharchula mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.4%
−8.9% vs mandal average
- Suwa
- 58.4%
- Dharchula mandal
- 67.3%
- Pithoragarh district
- 71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,061
+71 vs mandal average
- Suwa
- 1,061
- Dharchula mandal
- 990
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Suwa
- 4.8
- Dharchula mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Suwa at a glance
Suwa is a village of 637 people in 132 households (Census 2011) in Dharchula tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 19th-largest of 76 villages in Dharchula tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,061 women per 1,000 men. It lies 49 km from the Pithoragarh district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262545, served by Dharchula post office; the LGD village code is 49118. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Askote, 35 km away. The sarpanch is HANSA DEVI, and the village votes in Dharchula assembly constituency, represented by MLA Harish Singh Dhami. The population is estimated at 751 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Suwa
- LGD code
- 49118
- Pincode
- 262545
- Post office
- Dharchula
- Population (Census 2011)
- 637
- Population (projected 2026)
- 751
- Households
- 132
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1061
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Coordinates
- 30.07745°N, 80.31502°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dharchula
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Harish Singh Dhami
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HANSA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Dharchula
Getting there
How to reach Suwa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun221 kmcapital
- Delhi342 km
- Kolkata1157 km
- Hyderabad1423 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Bus stopbus/jeep stand8 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Askote35 km
- ATM / bankNic Asia Bnak34 km
- Petrol pumpHP fuel pump7 km
- CollegeGovernment Degree College, Kanda50 km
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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
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