Uttarakhand REAP project bags SKOCH Gold Award
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Bhatwari observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Bhatwari
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Dunda mandal is Nagal Naag Devta mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bhatwari 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.
Bhatwari is a village in Dunda mandal, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, with a population of 207 and literacy rate of 62.8%. It is located in the mountainous region at coordinates 30.687°N, 78.308°E.
By population, Bhatwari ranks #71 of 108 villages in Dunda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhatwari is a village of 207 people in 40 households (Census 2011) in Dunda tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 71st-largest of 108 villages in Dunda tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,029 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre, 49 km from Dehradun railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249151, served by Dunda post office; the LGD village code is 40521. The nearest hospital or health centre is Joshi Clinic, 11 km away. The sarpanch is ruchi, and the village votes in Gangotri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 244 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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