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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KANCHAN KUMARI
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- LGD code
- 7322
- Pincode
- 176312
- Post office
- Sundla
- Population
- 164
- Households
- 32
- Literacy rate
- 70.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1076 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 94
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanhar (41) compares
By population, Kanhar (41) ranks #45 of 59 villages in Bhalai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.7%
+10.9% vs mandal average
- Kanhar (41)
- 70.7%
- Bhalai mandal
- 59.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,076
+66 vs mandal average
- Kanhar (41)
- 1,076
- Bhalai mandal
- 1,010
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kanhar (41)
- 5.1
- Bhalai mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanhar (41) at a glance
Kanhar (41) is a village of 164 people in 32 households (Census 2011) in Bhalai tehsil, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, the 45th-largest of 59 villages in Bhalai tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 11 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,076 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 176312, served by Sundla post office; the LGD village code is 7322. The sarpanch is KANCHAN KUMARI. The population is estimated at 193 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhalei →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanhar (41) · this village | 164 | 71% | — |
| Bhalei (42) · Bhalai | 691 | 66% | — |
| Kandi (45) · Bhalai | 452 | 75% | — |
| Naled (43) · Bhalai | 293 | 58% | — |
| Salodi (44) · Bhalai | 244 | 63% | — |
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Notice board · Kanhar (41)
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Key facts — Kanhar (41)
- LGD code
- 7322
- Pincode
- 176312
- Post office
- Sundla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 164
- Population (projected 2026)
- 193
- Households
- 32
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1076
- Literacy rate
- 70.7%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KANCHAN KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Bhalai
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 176312
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kanhar (41)
Other villages in Bhalai mandal
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- Manjhal (64)
- Bhalei (42)
- Tikar (52)
- Dughar (39)
- Brangal (38)
- Chhudra (67)
- Baggi (20)
- Sapahan (34)
- Bhunad (8)
- Malur (51)
- Tiyari (65)
- Nadal (5)
- Kandi (45)
- Balouhta (50)
- Hadla (40)
- Kilod (47)
- Kamandi (36)
- Wahngal (35)
- Banetu (28)
- Chamoh (25)
- Chhnanu (27)
- Kiani (7)
- Janna (66)
- Drabla (30)
- Naled (43)
- Sikaryah (16)
- Bhalogi (10)
- Kunda (2)
- Toga (53)
- Saman (19)
- Salodi (44)
- Nagali (58)
- Bhing (46)
- Sarai (17)
- Kareu (18)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)