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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 40545
- Pincode
- 249151
- Post office
- Dunda
- Population
- 202
- Households
- 40
- Literacy rate
- 69.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1040 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 89
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 51 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 256 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dehradun · 51 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- GOVERNMENT VETERINARY HOSPITAL · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Olya compares
By population, Olya ranks #73 of 108 villages in Dunda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.8%
+2.7% vs mandal average
Olya69.8%
Dunda mandal67.1%
Uttar Kashi district65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,040
+47 vs mandal average
Olya1,040
Dunda mandal993
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
Olya5.1
Dunda mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Olya at a glance
Olya is a village of 202 people in 40 households (Census 2011) in Dunda tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 73rd-largest of 108 villages in Dunda tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,040 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre, 51 km from Dehradun railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249151, served by Dunda post office; the LGD village code is 40545. The nearest hospital or health centre is GOVERNMENT VETERINARY HOSPITAL, 11 km away. The sarpanch is rekha bhatt , and the village votes in Gangotri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 238 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Olya
- LGD code
- 40545
- Pincode
- 249151
- Post office
- Dunda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 202
- Population (projected 2026)
- 238
- Households
- 40
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1040
- Literacy rate
- 69.8%
- Coordinates
- 30.70583°N, 78.31113°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
- rekha bhatt
- Block / Mandal
- Dunda
Getting there
How to reach Olya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun51 kmcapital
- Delhi256 km
- Kolkata1346 km
- Mumbai1404 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDehradun51 km
- Bus stopBingsi Chani23 km
- Hospital / PHCGOVERNMENT VETERINARY HOSPITAL11 km
- ATM / bankGramind Bank22 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump37 km
- CollegeLal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration36 km
- Police stationDungidhar Police Chowki38 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Olya
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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