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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BUDHI LAL
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- LGD code
- 40725
- Pincode
- 249135
- Post office
- Bhatwari
- Population
- 1,005
- Households
- 192
- Literacy rate
- 75.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1006 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 493
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 78 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 280 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dehradun · 78 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Maneri · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Raithal compares
By population, Raithal ranks #4 of 50 villages in Bhatwari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.6%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Raithal
- 75.6%
- Bhatwari mandal
- 72.2%
- Uttar Kashi district
- 65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,006
+163 vs mandal average
- Raithal
- 1,006
- Bhatwari mandal
- 843
Household size
people per home
5.2
+1.3 vs mandal average
- Raithal
- 5.2
- Bhatwari mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Raithal at a glance
Raithal is a village of 1,005 people in 192 households (Census 2011) in Bhatwari tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 4th-largest of 50 villages in Bhatwari tehsil. Literacy is 76%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,006 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre, 78 km from Dehradun railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249135, served by Bhatwari post office; the LGD village code is 40725. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Maneri, 11 km away. The sarpanch is BUDHI LAL, and the village votes in Gangotri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 1,185 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Raithal
- LGD code
- 40725
- Pincode
- 249135
- Post office
- Bhatwari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,005
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,185
- Households
- 192
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1006
- Literacy rate
- 75.6%
- Coordinates
- 30.81672°N, 78.60379°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gangotri
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Suresh Singh Chauhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BUDHI LAL
- Block / Mandal
- Bhatwari
Getting there
How to reach Raithal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun78 kmcapital
- Delhi280 km
- Kolkata1333 km
- Mumbai1427 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDehradun78 km
- Bus stopBus station1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Maneri11 km
- Police stationCheckpoint50 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Bus station1.4 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Raithal
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- 🛕Naag TempleTemple3.3 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, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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