Schools in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh to remain shut tomorrow amid heavy rainfall
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Chamlekh observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
The principal temple recorded for Gangolihat mandal is Mansa Devi Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Chamlekh itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
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By population, Chamlekh ranks #110 of 203 villages in Gangolihat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chamlekh is a village of 94 people in 23 households (Census 2011) in Gangolihat tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 110th-largest of 203 villages in Gangolihat tehsil. Literacy is 72%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,541 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 262522, served by Gangolihat post office; the LGD village code is 50127. The sarpanch is parwati devi. The population is estimated at 111 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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