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Wamsu

वामसू
Mori mandal
Pincode 249128
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Wamsu observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.

20 OctObserved in 36 states

Temple in Mori mandal

The principal temple recorded for Mori mandal is King Karna's temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Wamsu itself.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Uttarakhand

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.

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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
binnu
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LGD code
40212
Pincode
249128
Post office
Mori (Tehri Garhwal)
Population
168
Households
32
Literacy rate
73.8%
Sex ratio
1100 ♀/1000♂
Workers
114
Distance to district centre
53 km
Distance to Dehradun
82 km
Distance to Delhi
283 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Mori · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Wamsu compares

By population, Wamsu ranks #62 of 76 villages in Mori mandal.

Literacy rate
%
73.8%
+17.4% vs mandal average
Wamsu73.8%
Mori mandal56.4%
Uttar Kashi district65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,100
+177 vs mandal average
Wamsu1,100
Mori mandal923
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
Wamsu5.3
Mori mandal5.4

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Wamsu at a glance

Wamsu is a village of 168 people in 32 households (Census 2011) in Mori tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 62nd-largest of 76 villages in Mori tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 17 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,100 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249128, served by Mori (Tehri Garhwal) post office; the LGD village code is 40212. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Mori, 4 km away. The sarpanch is binnu, and the village votes in Purola assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durgeshwar Lal. The population is estimated at 198 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Wamsu · this village16874%—
Wari · Mori48351%0 km N
Gamri · Mori14852%0 km N
Thali · Mori36865%0 km N
Masari · Mori78329%0 km N
Dewti · Mori23658%2.1 km SE
Dewal · Mori10867%2.1 km SE

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Key facts — Wamsu

LGD code
40212
Pincode
249128
Post office
Mori (Tehri Garhwal)
Population (Census 2011)
168
Population (projected 2026)
198
Households
32
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1100
Literacy rate
73.8%
Coordinates
31.05510°N, 78.04284°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Tehri Garhwal
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Purola
Member of Parliament
Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
Member of Legislative Assembly
Durgeshwar Lal
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
binnu
Block / Mandal
Mori
Getting there

How to reach Wamsu

Mandal centre
Mori · ≈ under 1 km
Directions
District centre
Uttar Kashi · ≈ 53 km
≈ 1 h 48 min by car · 2 h 8 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun82 kmcapital
  • Delhi283 km
  • Kolkata1391 km
  • Mumbai1429 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Mori4 km
  • ATM / bankGramind Bank37 km
  • CollegeAtal Bihari Vajpayee Government Institute of Engineering and Technology53 km
  • Police stationPolice Station Rohru32 km
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Sources & freshness
  • 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
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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