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By population, Bhaldi Gaon ranks #17 of 224 villages in Devprayag mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhaldi Gaon is a village of 527 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Devprayag tehsil, Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 17th-largest of 224 villages in Devprayag tehsil. Literacy is 77%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 722 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Tehri Garhwal district centre, 10 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 53 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249126, served by Bhallegaon post office; the LGD village code is 43192. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pabau Government Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is MANEESH LINGWAL, and the village votes in Pauri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Pori. The population is estimated at 621 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhalegaon →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhaldi Gaon · this village | 527 | 77% | — |
| Khadi Gaon · Pauri | 0 | — | 0 km N |
| Bhat Gaon · Devprayag | 240 | 61% | 0 km N |
| Cham Gaon · Pauri | 355 | 59% | 0 km N |
| Bhald Gaon · Devprayag | 24 | 67% | 0 km N |
| Bhati Gaon · Pauri | 317 | 76% | 0 km N |
| Bhatti Gaon · Pauri | 507 | 74% | 0 km N |
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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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