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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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- LGD code
- 48908
- Pincode
- 262554
- Post office
- Munsiari
- Population
- 365
- Households
- 85
- Literacy rate
- 68.8%
- Sex ratio
- 995 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 148
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 213 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 338 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Dharamgarh · 34 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhapa compares
By population, Dhapa ranks #13 of 111 villages in Munsiari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.8%
+2.8% vs mandal average
- Dhapa
- 68.8%
- Munsiari mandal
- 66.0%
- Pithoragarh district
- 71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
995
+17 vs mandal average
- Dhapa
- 995
- Munsiari mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Dhapa
- 4.3
- Munsiari mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhapa at a glance
Dhapa is a village of 365 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Munsiari tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 13th-largest of 111 villages in Munsiari tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Pithoragarh district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262554, served by Munsiari post office; the LGD village code is 48908. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Dharamgarh, 34 km away. The village votes in Dharchula assembly constituency, represented by MLA Harish Singh Dhami. The population is estimated at 430 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Dhapa
- LGD code
- 48908
- Pincode
- 262554
- Post office
- Munsiari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 365
- Population (projected 2026)
- 430
- Households
- 85
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 995
- Literacy rate
- 68.8%
- Coordinates
- 30.11519°N, 80.23982°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dharchula
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Harish Singh Dhami
- Block / Mandal
- Munsiari
Getting there
How to reach Dhapa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun213 kmcapital
- Delhi338 km
- Kolkata1165 km
- Hyderabad1427 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Bus stopbus/jeep stand6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Dharamgarh34 km
- Petrol pumpHP fuel pump6 km
- CollegeGovernment Degree College, Kanda47 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Dhapa
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- 🏫Sarmoli Primary SchoolSchool3.9 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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