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Rayal observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Rayal
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Manch mandal is Golu Devta Temple, Chitai. No temple of this dedication is on record within Rayal 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, Rayal ranks #22 of 46 villages in Manch mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rayal ഉത്തരാഖണ്ഡ്യിലെ ചമ്പാവത്ത് ജില്ല, Manch തഹസിൽൽ 157 പേർ 32 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Manch തഹസിൽലെ 46 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 22-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 40%, തഹസിൽ ശരാശരി 56% നേക്കാൾ 16 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 1,379 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് ചമ്പാവത്ത് ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 39 കി.മീ, അടുത്ത പട്ടണമായ Kafaraൽ നിന്ന് 26 കി.മീ, Kathgodam റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 36 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 262523, Champawat പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 53932. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി The Leprosy Mission Hospital, <1 കി.മീ അകലെ. ഗ്രാമം Almora നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Manoj Tewari. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 185, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
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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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