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Gatu observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Gatu
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Barnigad mandal is Nagthat. No temple of this dedication is on record within Gatu 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.
Gatu is a village in Barnigad mandal, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, situated at 30.670°N, 78.093°E. The village has 200 residents in 47 households with a literacy rate of 59%. Its PIN code is 249171.
By population, Gatu ranks #36 of 64 villages in Barnigad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gatu உத்தராகண்டம், உத்தரகாசி மாவட்டம், Barnigad தாசில்ல் 200 பேர் 47 குடும்பங்களில் (2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு) வாழும் கிராமம், Barnigad தாசில்ன் 64 கிராமங்களில் 36வது பெரியது. கல்வியறிவு 59%, தாசில் சராசரி 56% விட 3 புள்ளிகள் அதிகம் மற்றும் பாலின விகிதம் 1,000 ஆண்களுக்கு 852 பெண்கள். இது உத்தரகாசி மாவட்டத் தலைமையகத்திலிருந்து 31 கி.மீ, Dehradun ரயில் நிலையத்திலிருந்து 40 கி.மீ அமைந்துள்ளது (நேர்கோட்டு தூரம்). அஞ்சல் குறியீடு 249171, Naugaon அஞ்சலகத்தின் கீழ்; LGD கிராமக் குறியீடு 40437. அருகிலுள்ள மருத்துவமனை Government Hospital, Nainbagh, 14 கி.மீ தொலைவில். கிராமம் Purola சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதியில் உள்ளது, எம்எல்ஏ Durgeshwar Lal. 2026ல் மக்கள்தொகை 236 என மதிப்பிடப்படுகிறது, 2011ஐ விட 18% அதிகம்.
கிராம பஞ்சாயத்து: Gatu →
| கிராமம் | மக்கள்தொகை | கல்வியறிவு | தூரம் |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatu · இந்த கிராமம் | 200 | 59% | — |
| Gair · Barnigad | 364 | 48% | 0 கி.மீ N |
| Garh · Barnigad | 332 | 68% | 0 கி.மீ N |
| Jhimangaon · Barnigad | 6 | 33% | 1.1 கி.மீ N |
| Phuwan Gaon · Barnigad | 301 | 55% | 1.1 கி.மீ N |
| Khamundi Talli · Barnigad | 146 | 56% | 1.5 கி.மீ S |
| Khamundi Malli · Barnigad | 313 | 53% | 1.5 கி.மீ S |
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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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