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Jagtima
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- LGD code
- 40247
- Pincode
- 249128
- Post office
- Mori (Tehri Garhwal)
- Population
- 239
- Households
- 35
- Literacy rate
- 43.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1153 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 143
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 78 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 279 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dehradun · 78 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Maneri · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pawani compares
By population, Pawani ranks #20 of 23 villages in Sankari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.1%
−2.9% vs mandal average
Pawani43.1%
Sankari mandal46.0%
Uttar Kashi district65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,153
+164 vs mandal average
Pawani1,153
Sankari mandal989
Household size
people per home
6.8
+1.2 vs mandal average
Pawani6.8
Sankari mandal5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pawani at a glance
Pawani is a village of 239 people in 35 households (Census 2011) in Sankari tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 20th-largest of 23 villages in Sankari tehsil. Literacy is 43%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,153 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre, 78 km from Dehradun railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249128, served by Mori (Tehri Garhwal) post office; the LGD village code is 40247. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Maneri, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Jagtima , and the village votes in Gangotri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Singh Chauhan. The population is estimated at 282 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Pawani
- LGD code
- 40247
- Pincode
- 249128
- Post office
- Mori (Tehri Garhwal)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 239
- Population (projected 2026)
- 282
- Households
- 35
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1153
- Literacy rate
- 43.1%
- Coordinates
- 30.80485°N, 78.61998°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
- Jagtima
- Block / Mandal
- Sankari
Getting there
How to reach Pawani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun78 kmcapital
- Delhi279 km
- Kolkata1331 km
- Mumbai1426 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDehradun78 km
- Bus stopBus station1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Maneri11 km
- Police stationCheckpoint49 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Pawani
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Pilot Baba ashramTemple5.0 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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