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Kansi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
The principal temple recorded for Chinyali Saur mandal is temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kansi itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Kansi ranks #27 of 106 villages in Chinyali Saur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kansi is a village of 583 people in 115 households (Census 2011) in Chinyali Saur tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 27th-largest of 106 villages in Chinyali Saur tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,120 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre, 37 km from Dehradun railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249196, served by Chiniyalisour post office; the LGD village code is 40657. The nearest hospital or health centre is Saklani Eye Clinic, 3 km away. The village votes in Yamunotri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Dobhal. The population is estimated at 687 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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