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Olek observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Olek
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Sult mandal is Vriddh Kedar Shiva Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Olek 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.
Almora is the one place that burns the entire Ravana clan rather than Ravana alone — around thirty-three effigies, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna among them, built by neighbourhood committees and carried through the town with bands before the burning. Mohallas began adding their own figures from 1975. The Kumaoni Ramlila that runs beforehand is sung rather than spoken.
By population, Olek ranks #81 of 139 villages in Sult mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Olek ਉਤਰਾਖੰਡ ਦੇ ਅਲਮੋੜਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ Sult ਤਹਿਸੀਲ ਵਿੱਚ 129 ਲੋਕਾਂ 29 ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ (ਜਨਗਣਨਾ 2011) ਦਾ ਪਿੰਡ ਹੈ, ਜੋ Sult ਤਹਿਸੀਲ ਦੇ 139 ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 81ਵਾਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ। ਸਾਖਰਤਾ 57% ਹੈ, ਤਹਿਸੀਲ ਔਸਤ 66% ਤੋਂ 9 ਅੰਕ ਘੱਟ ਅਤੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ 1,000 ਮਰਦਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ 1,481 ਔਰਤਾਂ। ਇਹ ਅਲਮੋੜਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਤੋਂ 24 ਕਿਮੀ, ਨੇੜਲੇ ਕਸਬੇ Basera ਤੋਂ 21 ਕਿਮੀ, Ramnagar ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ 34 ਕਿਮੀ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ (ਸਿੱਧੀ ਲਕੀਰ ਦੂਰੀ)। ਪਿੰਨਕੋਡ 263676 ਹੈ, Maulekhal ਡਾਕਖਾਨੇ ਅਧੀਨ; LGD ਪਿੰਡ ਕੋਡ 52174 ਹੈ। ਨੇੜਲਾ ਹਸਪਤਾਲ Government Hospital, Matela Almora, 13 ਕਿਮੀ ਦੂਰ। ਪਿੰਡ Salt ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ ਹਲਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ, ਵਿਧਾਇਕ Mahesh Jeena। 2026 ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਮਾਨਿਤ ਆਬਾਦੀ 152, 2011 ਤੋਂ 18% ਵੱਧ।
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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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