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Saplodi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
The principal temple recorded for Pauri mandal is Kyunkaleshwar. No temple of this dedication is on record within Saplodi 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.
Saplodi is a small village in Pauri mandal, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, situated at 30.128°N, 78.858°E. With 200 residents in 59 households, it has a relatively high literacy rate of 72.5%. The PIN code is 246001.
By population, Saplodi ranks #181 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Saplodi ਉਤਰਾਖੰਡ ਦੇ ਪੌੜੀ ਗੜ੍ਹਵਾਲ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ Pauri ਤਹਿਸੀਲ ਵਿੱਚ 200 ਲੋਕਾਂ 59 ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ (ਜਨਗਣਨਾ 2011) ਦਾ ਪਿੰਡ ਹੈ, ਜੋ Pauri ਤਹਿਸੀਲ ਦੇ 842 ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 181ਵਾਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ। ਸਾਖਰਤਾ 73% ਹੈ, ਤਹਿਸੀਲ ਔਸਤ 70% ਤੋਂ 3 ਅੰਕ ਵੱਧ ਅਤੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ 1,000 ਮਰਦਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ 1,299 ਔਰਤਾਂ। ਇਹ ਪੌੜੀ ਗੜ੍ਹਵਾਲ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਤੋਂ 20 ਕਿਮੀ, ਨੇੜਲੇ ਕਸਬੇ Kulheri ਤੋਂ 10 ਕਿਮੀ, Kotdwara ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ 53 ਕਿਮੀ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ (ਸਿੱਧੀ ਲਕੀਰ ਦੂਰੀ)। ਪਿੰਨਕੋਡ 246001 ਹੈ, Bus Station Pauri ਡਾਕਖਾਨੇ ਅਧੀਨ; LGD ਪਿੰਡ ਕੋਡ 46275 ਹੈ। ਨੇੜਲਾ ਹਸਪਤਾਲ Pabau Government Hospital, 4 ਕਿਮੀ ਦੂਰ। ਪਿੰਡ Pauri ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ ਹਲਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ, ਵਿਧਾਇਕ Rajkumar Pori। 2026 ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਮਾਨਿਤ ਆਬਾਦੀ 236, 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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