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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KUNDAN SINGH
Contact: 84****4930
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- LGD code
- 48970
- Pincode
- 262553
- Post office
- Tejam
- Population
- 325
- Households
- 79
- Literacy rate
- 63.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1044 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 151
- Distance to district centre
- 33 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 42 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 206 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 327 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Dharamgarh · 23 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhurting compares
By population, Bhurting ranks #22 of 92 villages in Tejam mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.7%
+0.3% vs mandal average
- Bhurting
- 63.7%
- Tejam mandal
- 63.4%
- Pithoragarh district
- 71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,044
−51 vs mandal average
- Bhurting
- 1,044
- Tejam mandal
- 1,095
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bhurting
- 4.1
- Tejam mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhurting at a glance
Bhurting is a village of 325 people in 79 households (Census 2011) in Tejam tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 22nd-largest of 92 villages in Tejam tehsil. Literacy is 64%, about the same as the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,044 women per 1,000 men. It lies 33 km from the Pithoragarh district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262553, served by Tejam post office; the LGD village code is 48970. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Dharamgarh, 23 km away. The sarpanch is KUNDAN SINGH , and the village votes in Tharali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhupal Ram Tamta. The population is estimated at 383 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Bhurting
- LGD code
- 48970
- Pincode
- 262553
- Post office
- Tejam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 325
- Population (projected 2026)
- 383
- Households
- 79
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1044
- Literacy rate
- 63.7%
- Coordinates
- 30.03944°N, 80.15464°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tharali
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhupal Ram Tamta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KUNDAN SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Tejam
Getting there
How to reach Bhurting
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun206 kmcapital
- Delhi327 km
- Kolkata1165 km
- Hyderabad1417 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Bus stopbus/jeep stand9 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Dharamgarh23 km
- Petrol pumpHP fuel pump9 km
- CollegeGovernment Degree College, Kanda35 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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