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Pokhri observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
The principal temple recorded for Mori mandal is King Karna's temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pokhri 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.
Pokhri is a village in Mori mandal, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, with a population of 255 across 43 households. It has a literacy rate of 54.5% and is positioned at coordinates 31.068°N, 78.018°E with PIN code 249128.
By population, Pokhri ranks #46 of 76 villages in Mori mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pokhri ഉത്തരാഖണ്ഡ്യിലെ ഉത്തരകാശി ജില്ല, Mori തഹസിൽൽ 255 പേർ 43 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Mori തഹസിൽലെ 76 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 46-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 55%, തഹസിൽ ശരാശരി 56% നേക്കാൾ 2 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 903 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് ഉത്തരകാശി ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 55 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 249128, Mori (Tehri Garhwal) പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 40272. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി Government Hospital, Mori, 6 കി.മീ അകലെ. പ്രസിഡന്റ് ruchi rawat; ഗ്രാമം Purola നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Durgeshwar Lal. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 301, 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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