Adagoli is a small village in Bhikiyasain tehsil of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The village comes under Naikana Gram Panchayat and is part of the rural landscape of the Bhikiyasain area.
Unlike the larger settlements in Almora district, Adagoli has a very small population. According to Census 2011 records, only 28 people lived in the village across five households. The census recorded 12 men and 16 women. The village covered an area of about 14.07 hectares.
The small size of Adagoli gives it a different character from the busy towns and larger hill settlements nearby. Life in such villages is closely connected with the surrounding land, agriculture and nearby settlements. The wider Bhikiyasain region is made up of numerous small villages spread across the hills, with local roads connecting communities to markets and essential services.
Agriculture has historically been an important part of life in Adagoli. Census records from 2011 show that several of the village's working residents were involved in cultivation. Government watershed records also identify agricultural land in the village as rainfed land.
The figures are old, so they should not be treated as a picture of the village's present-day population or employment. They do, however, give some idea of how small rural settlements such as Adagoli were structured at the time of the census.
For residents, nearby settlements are important for everyday needs such as education, healthcare, markets and other services. This is common across the hill villages of Almora, where smaller settlements often depend on nearby towns and larger villages for facilities that are not available within the village itself.
Administratively, Adagoli falls under Bhikiyasain tehsil and block in Almora district. It is part of Naikana Gram Panchayat.
The village is identified by Census village code 051625. Available records list its postal PIN code as 263658.
Because different online sources give different distances for nearby places, exact road distances should be checked through current map data before publishing them. This is particularly important for hill areas, where the distance by road can be considerably different from the straight-line distance.
Adagoli is not the kind of village that needs exaggerated claims about tourism or famous attractions to be worth knowing about.
Its value lies in its simplicity.
It is one of the many small settlements that make up the rural landscape of Almora district. With only a handful of households recorded in the 2011 Census, Adagoli gives an idea of the scale at which many Himalayan villages function.
For someone researching Almora's villages, local administration, rural settlements or the changing population of Uttarakhand, Adagoli is an interesting place to look at.
More detailed information about local traditions, temples, festivals, food, old settlements and notable people should ideally come from local residents or reliable local records rather than being filled in with general information about Uttarakhand.
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