Mehalchauri

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| name = Mehalchauri

| settlement_type = Village

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Uttarakhand

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Chamoli

| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil

| subdivision_name3 = Gairsain

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| elevation_m = 1350

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| demographics_type1 = Demographics

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| demographics1_title1 = Languages

| demographics1_info1 = Hindi and Garhwali language

| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio

| demographics1_info2 = 1000 : 926

| demographics1_title3 = Literacy rate

| demographics1_info3 = 60%

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

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| postal_code_type = Pincode

| postal_code = 246431

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| area_code = 01363

| iso_code = IN-UT

| registration_plate = UK 11

| blank_name_sec1 = River

| blank_info_sec1 = Ram Ganga

| blank1_name_sec1 = Temperature

| blank1_info_sec1 = 25-30 °C

| website = [https://www.uttrakhandhub.in/2020/03/mehalchauri-gairsain-chamoli_31.html www.uttrakhandhub.in]

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Mehalchauri (Garhwali : Melchōrí) is a village in Gairsain Tehsil located in Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.{{cite web |url=https://online.omms.nic.in/ASPNet/citizens/DG/05DVC/CensusStatus.aspx?state=UT&district=3&block=6&reportLevel=3 |title=State: Uttarakhand – District: Chamoli – Block: Gairsain |work=Census Data Updation Status |publisher=Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana |accessdate=23 March 2013 }} It is situated in Garhwal mandal nearby the center of the Garhwal and Kumaon mandal.

Mehalchauri is 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) above sea level and is the source of the Ramganga River. It is located 125 km from the state capital of Dehradun. It is a religious place and the main market for the villages of Harshari, [https://www.google.com/mapmaker?gw=39&fid=4110063967170542755:12360526106093704510 Pharso], Aagarchatti, Latoogair, Malkot, Kalamati, Maithan, and many others. The RamGanga Pul bridge was built in 1963 and connects Chaukhuttiya and Maithan Road to Gairsain.

According to an old tale, the name Mehalchauri comes from the Garhwali language, mehal meaning "little" and chauri meaning the mehal is situated in chauraha, a valley.