Naugaon is a small town of approximately 5000 people in the Uttarkashi district of the Indian state of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

. It's situated beside the

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river. It lies at the junction of Naugaon-Purola Rd and National Highway 507 near the towns Barkot, Purola and Damta.

History

Naugon and its surrounding villages are collectively referred to as Dhakrai. The original 9 villages are Naugaon (गाँव), Sunara, Kotiyalgaon, Manjiyali, Tunalka, Bhatiya, Matiyali, Rastari and Mungra. The late Shri Daulat Ram Ranwalta and Pandit Dheema Nand Bijalwan brought

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into town. The Late Pandit Dheema Nand Bijalwan was one of the most famous astrologists of Yammuna valley. He was born in Murari and completed his education in Tehri. He established many government schools, colleges, and development offices in the area. As an orator, writer and social entrepreneur, he led social movements and universal policy campaigns across the

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Schools

* Government inter college Naugaon * Daulat ram ravanlta saraswati vidya mandir * S.H.S.V.M. Naugaon * Sasaswati shishu mandir * Basic school * Bal vidya mandir * Kanya junior high school MURARI * Jagriti public school * Dhanvantri public school *Yamuna valley public school

Healthcare

*Meenakshi medical store * Community health centre * Government veterinary hospital * Chauhan medical store *Rana medical store

Villages in Naugaon

References

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