Dharasu is a small village in Chinyalisaur Tehsil in Uttarkashi District of Uttarakhand, India. It is located at a distance of 20 kilometres towards south from Uttarkashi, 10 kilometers from Chinyalisaur and 49 kilometres from Uttarakhand’s capital city Dehradun. Hindi is the local language spoken here.
This place is located at an elevation of 1339 metres above mean sea level. The Dharasu Power Station is located in this village, on the Bhagirathi River. National Highway 94 on the way to the Char Dham Yatra passes through this small town. Dharasu can be visited if you are going from Barkot to Uttarkashi, Gangotri or Tehri during your Char Dham Yatra.
Mussoorie, Tehri, Chamba, Dehradun and Uttarkashi are the nearby cities to Dharasu village. There are few good accommodation facilities in Dharasu, Chinyalisaur. GMVN Tourist bungalow, Ganga Darshan, Nav Ratna, Suman, Mehra Tourist Lodge, Shivraj, Adarsh, Vishwanath are few good options for your comfortable stay.
How to Reach Dharasu
Major airport nearby Dharasu is the Jolly Grant Airport of Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand located at a distance of approximately 44 kilometres. Other nearby airports to Dharasu are located at – Shimla at distance of143 kilometres, Muzaffarnagar at a distance of 158 kilometres and Chandigarh at a distance of 164 kilometres. You need to reach these respective places first from New Delhi then you can commute on the private taxis available there to take you to Dharasu.
There is no railway station near to Dharasu in less than 10 kilometres. However, Dehradun Rail Way Station is the major railway station located at a distance of 45 kilometres near to Dharasu. Other nearby railway stations to Dharasu are Harrawala (45 kilometres), Doiwala (53 kilometres) and Rishikesh (57 kilometres). Private and shared jeeps or taxis are available at respective railway stations to reach up to Dharasu.
If you wish to travel by road, bus services to Dharasu, Chinyalisaur in Uttarakhand are available from Gyansu Uttarkashi; Uttarakhand at a distance of 20.4 kilometres. Nearby bus stops to travel to Dharasu also start from Lambgaon (23.9 KM), Barwal Gaon (25.3 kilometres), Mandaar (33.8 kilometres), Chamba Chauk Bus Stop, Mussoorie Road; Chamba (35.5 kilometres), Sondhar Lamridhar (46.1 kilometres).
What to See in Dharasu
When you are in Dharasu you can visit the beautiful Maneri Dam built on the Bhagirathi River at Maneri, in Uttarkashi district. You can also visit the Dharasu Hydroelectric Power Station of Bhagirathi River located at Dharasu in Uttarkashi district. Then there is Raidul which is a popular hill station, in Pauri Garhwal district near to Dharasu. Then you have Uttarkashi on your touring list, situated on the banks of river Bhagirathi which is home to a number of ashrams and temples and also the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.
