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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Vinod Kumar Bhatt
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- LGD code
- 40550
- Pincode
- 249152
- Post office
- Geonla
- Population
- 395
- Households
- 77
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 917 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 194
- Distance to district centre
- 12 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 48 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 253 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dehradun · 48 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Joshi Clinic · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jemar compares
By population, Jemar ranks #42 of 108 villages in Dunda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
−3.0% vs mandal average
Jemar64.1%
Dunda mandal67.1%
Uttar Kashi district65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
917
−76 vs mandal average
Jemar917
Dunda mandal993
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
Jemar5.1
Dunda mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jemar at a glance
Jemar is a village of 395 people in 77 households (Census 2011) in Dunda tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 42nd-largest of 108 villages in Dunda tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre, 48 km from Dehradun railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249152, served by Geonla post office; the LGD village code is 40550. The nearest hospital or health centre is Joshi Clinic, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Vinod Kumar Bhatt, and the village votes in Gangotri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 466 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Jemar
- LGD code
- 40550
- Pincode
- 249152
- Post office
- Geonla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 395
- Population (projected 2026)
- 466
- Households
- 77
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 917
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 30.68751°N, 78.28984°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
- Vinod Kumar Bhatt
- Block / Mandal
- Dunda
Getting there
How to reach Jemar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun48 kmcapital
- Delhi253 km
- Kolkata1347 km
- Mumbai1401 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDehradun48 km
- Bus stopBingsi Chani23 km
- Hospital / PHCJoshi Clinic12 km
- ATM / bankGramind Bank20 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump34 km
- CollegeLal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration33 km
- Police stationDungidhar Police Chowki37 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Jemar
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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
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