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Rikhwani observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Rikhwani
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Devprayag mandal is Raj Rajeshwari Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Rikhwani 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.
Rikhwani is a small village in Devprayag mandal, Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, with 146 residents in 35 households. The literacy rate is 54.8%. It is situated at coordinates 30.261°N, 78.569°E.
By population, Rikhwani ranks #114 of 224 villages in Devprayag mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rikhwani ഉത്തരാഖണ്ഡ്യിലെ തെഹ്രി ഗാർവാൾ ജില്ല, Devprayag തഹസിൽൽ 146 പേർ 35 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Devprayag തഹസിൽലെ 224 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 114-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 55%, തഹസിൽ ശരാശരി 62% നേക്കാൾ 7 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 1,000 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് തെഹ്രി ഗാർവാൾ ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 10 കി.മീ, അടുത്ത പട്ടണമായ Kulheriൽ നിന്ന് 32 കി.മീ, Rishikesh റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 32 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 249161, Kirtinagar പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 43047. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി Government Hospital, Nakot, 12 കി.മീ അകലെ. ഗ്രാമം Pauri നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Rajkumar Pori. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 172, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
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1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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