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Tejam

तेजम
Dharchula mandal
Pincode 262545
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
harendra singh
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LGD code
49113
Pincode
262545
Post office
Dharchula
Population
190
Households
47
Literacy rate
74.7%
Sex ratio
1000 ♀/1000♂
Workers
103
Distance to district centre
30 km
Distance to mandal centre
22 km
Distance to Dehradun
206 km
Distance to Delhi
320 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Dharamgarh · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Tejam compares

By population, Tejam ranks #50 of 76 villages in Dharchula mandal.

Literacy rate
%
74.7%
+7.4% vs mandal average
Tejam
74.7%
Dharchula mandal
67.3%
Pithoragarh district
71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+10 vs mandal average
Tejam
1,000
Dharchula mandal
990
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.5 vs mandal average
Tejam
4.0
Dharchula mandal
4.5

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

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Tejam at a glance

Tejam is a village of 190 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Dharchula tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 50th-largest of 76 villages in Dharchula tehsil. Literacy is 75%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Pithoragarh district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262545, served by Dharchula post office; the LGD village code is 49113. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Dharamgarh, 14 km away. The sarpanch is harendra singh, and the village votes in Dharchula assembly constituency, represented by MLA Harish Singh Dhami. The population is estimated at 224 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Umchiya

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Tejam · this village19075%
Tejam · Tejam49569%0 km N
Sukhchauna · Shama21863%3.9 km SW
Semli · Bulandshahr2,15658%4.3 km N
Gunthi · Shama9968%4.1 km SW
Rachuli · Pauri52672%4.3 km NW
Nachani · Tejam1,10975%5.7 km SE

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Key facts — Tejam

LGD code
49113
Pincode
262545
Post office
Dharchula
Population (Census 2011)
190
Population (projected 2026)
224
Households
47
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1000
Literacy rate
74.7%
Coordinates
29.95133°N, 80.13060°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dharchula
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Harish Singh Dhami
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
harendra singh
Block / Mandal
Dharchula
Getting there

How to reach Tejam

Mandal centre
Dharchula · ≈ 22 km
≈ 46 min by car · 55 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Pithoragarh · ≈ 30 km
≈ 1 h 1 min by car · 1 h 12 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun206 kmcapital
  • Delhi320 km
  • Kolkata1160 km
  • Hyderabad1407 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Bus stopbus/jeep stand16 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Dharamgarh14 km
  • ATM / bankAlmora Urban Cooperative Bank Limited37 km
  • Petrol pumpHP fuel pump17 km
  • CollegeGovernment Degree College, Kanda27 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
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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