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Gaul observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Gaul
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Puraula mandal is Nagal Naag Devta mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Gaul 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.
Gaul is a village in Puraula mandal, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand. It has a population of 75 across 17 households, with a literacy rate of 58.7%.
By population, Gaul ranks #76 of 84 villages in Puraula mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gaul ഉത്തരാഖണ്ഡ്യിലെ ഉത്തരകാശി ജില്ല, Puraula തഹസിൽൽ 75 പേർ 17 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Puraula തഹസിൽലെ 84 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 76-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 59%, തഹസിൽ ശരാശരി 63% നേക്കാൾ 4 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 1,027 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് ഉത്തരകാശി ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 21 കി.മീ, Dehradun റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 48 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 249185, Purola പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 40120. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി Joshi Clinic, 19 കി.മീ അകലെ. പ്രസിഡന്റ് bhawani rawat; ഗ്രാമം Purola നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Durgeshwar Lal. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 88, 2011നെക്കാൾ 17% 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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