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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mana
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = India lsat village.jpg
| image_caption = Gateway to Mana village
| nickname =
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| map_alt =
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| pushpin_map = India Uttarakhand#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttarakhand, India
| coordinates = {{coord|30|46|19|N|79|29|43|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttarakhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chamoli district|Chamoli]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 3200
| population_total = 1214
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code =
| registration_plate = UK 11
| website =
| footnotes =
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'''Mana''' is a [[village]] in the district of [[Chamoli]] in the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Uttarakhand]], located at an altitude of 3,200 meters.<ref name=bisht>{{cite book|last=Bisht|first=Harshwanti|title=Tourism in Garhwal Himalaya : with special reference to mountaineering and trekking in Uttarkashi and Chamoli Districts|year=1994|publisher=Indus Pub. Co.|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788173870064|pages=90–92|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6C6DGU73WzsC&q=Mana&pg=PA43}}</ref> It is located on the northern terminus of [[National Highway 7 (India)|National Highway 58]],<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.mapsofindia.com/driving-directions-maps/nh58-driving-directions-map.html
|title = National Highway No. 58
|publisher = Maps of India
|access-date = 2010-08-07}}</ref> Mana is the last village before the [[Mana Pass]] and is 26 kilometres from the border of India and [[Tibet]] The village is at a distance of about 3 km from the Hindu Pilgrimage [[Badrinath]] and the two places are culturally connected with each other.<ref name=bisht/>

==Demography==
As per [[2011 Census of India|Census 2011]] the village had about 558 households and a population of about 1214.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=46273|title=Mana, Uttarakhand census 2011 data|last=|first=|date=|website=Office of the [[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 July 2019}}</ref> The people belong to Marchhas and Jads or [[Bhotia people|Bhotia]]s.<ref name=bisht/> During winter months, the entire populations comes down to lower places, as the area is covered under snow.<ref name=bisht/> Many coffee shops here tell people that their shop is the last coffee shop on the Indian border.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://content.msn.co.in/MSNContribute/Story.aspx?PageID=5a1aeaec-fa67-4d2a-aa48-10a276848557
|title = India's last tea shop gaining popularity amon
|date = 9 Nov 2008
|author = Raju Gusain
|access-date = 2010-08-07
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043555/http://content.msn.co.in/MSNContribute/Story.aspx?PageID=5a1aeaec-fa67-4d2a-aa48-10a276848557
|archive-date = 21 July 2011
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

==Cultural identity==
The villagers of this village are culturally associated with activities of Badrinath temple and annual fair of Matha murthi.<ref name=bisht/> They used to trade with Tibet in earlier days.<ref name=bisht/> There is a small cave in Mana, named Vyas Gufa and it is believed that Maharshi [[Vyas]] composed Mahabharatha in this cave.<ref name=bisht/> One more cave is called Ganesh Gufa and tourists visit both caves regularly.

==Other destinations==
Nearby places include [[Vasudhara Falls]], [[Satopanth Tal|Satopanth Lake]], Bhim Pul, Saraswati Temple etc.{{Citation needed|date=June 2013}}

==See also==
*[[Niti Valley]]

== References ==
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{{Commons category|Mana, Uttarakhand}}
{{Chamoli district}}

[[Category:Tourism in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Chamoli district]]

{{Uttarakhand-geo-stub}}

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