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Urgam observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Urgam
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Joshimath mandal is Padiyar devatha temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Urgam 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.
By population, Urgam ranks #3 of 99 villages in Joshimath mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Urgam ಉತ್ತರಾಖಂಡದ ಚಮೋಲಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ, Joshimath ತಹಸೀಲ್ದಲ್ಲಿ 1,549 ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 313 ಕುಟುಂಬಗಳಲ್ಲಿ (2011 ಜನಗಣತಿ) ಇರುವ ಗ್ರಾಮ, Joshimath ತಹಸೀಲ್ದ 99 ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ 3ನೇ ದೊಡ್ಡದು. ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ 76%, ತಹಸೀಲ್ ಸರಾಸರಿ 74% ಗಿಂತ 1 ಅಂಕ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮತ್ತು ಲಿಂಗಾನುಪಾತ 1,000 ಪುರುಷರಿಗೆ 991 ಮಹಿಳೆಯರು. ಇದು ಚಮೋಲಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಕೇಂದ್ರದಿಂದ 42 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ಇದೆ (ನೇರ ರೇಖೆ ದೂರ). ಪಿನ್ಕೋಡ್ 246443, Joshimath ಅಂಚೆ ಕಚೇರಿ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ; LGD ಗ್ರಾಮ ಕೋಡ್ 40817. ಹತ್ತಿರದ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ Pipalkoti SD Ground Hospital, 12 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರ. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು Deepa Devi ; ಗ್ರಾಮ Badrinath ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ, ಶಾಸಕ Rajendra Singh Bhandari. 2026ರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂದಾಜು ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 1,826, 2011ಕ್ಕಿಂತ 18% ಹೆಚ್ಚು.
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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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