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Dankot is a village in Basukedar mandal, Rudra Prayag district, Uttarakhand, with a population of 451 across 91 households. The village has a literacy rate of 67.6% and is located at coordinates 30.428°N, 79.042°E.
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- LGD code
- 42737
- Pincode
- 246421
- Post office
- Augustmuni
- Population
- 451
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Sex ratio
- 848 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 156
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 98 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 269 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Basukedar · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dankot compares
By population, Dankot ranks #28 of 67 villages in Basukedar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.6%
−2.1% vs mandal average
- Dankot
- 67.6%
- Basukedar mandal
- 69.7%
- Rudra Prayag district
- 70.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
848
−289 vs mandal average
- Dankot
- 848
- Basukedar mandal
- 1,137
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Dankot
- 5.0
- Basukedar mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dankot at a glance
Dankot is a village of 451 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Basukedar tehsil, Rudra Prayag district, Uttarakhand, the 28th-largest of 67 villages in Basukedar tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 848 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Rudra Prayag district centre, 47 km from Kulheri, the nearest town (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246421, served by Augustmuni post office; the LGD village code is 42737. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Basukedar, 2 km away. The village votes in Kedarnath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shaila Rani Rawat. The population is estimated at 532 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Dankot
- LGD code
- 42737
- Pincode
- 246421
- Post office
- Augustmuni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 451
- Population (projected 2026)
- 532
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 848
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Coordinates
- 30.42798°N, 79.04248°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kedarnath
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shaila Rani Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Basukedar
Getting there
How to reach Dankot
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun98 kmcapital
- Delhi269 km
- Kolkata1273 km
- Mumbai1407 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Bus stopRatura13 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Basukedar2 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India26 km
- Petrol pumpINDIAN OIL FUEL STATION27 km
- CollegeCHAURAS GROUND32 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station17 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Dankot
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Basukedar Group of Temples, UttarakhandTemple1.7 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)