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September 2026
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Six tourists killed in road accident in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHALLO DEVI
Contact: 94****5341
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- LGD code
- 7543
- Pincode
- 176313
- Post office
- Kakira
- Population
- 520
- Households
- 86
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 355
Census 2011 · in context
How Banni (189) compares
By population, Banni (189) ranks #15 of 78 villages in Bhattiyat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.5%
+0.1% vs mandal average
- Banni (189)
- 61.5%
- Bhattiyat mandal
- 61.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−79 vs mandal average
- Banni (189)
- 919
- Bhattiyat mandal
- 998
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Banni (189)
- 6.0
- Bhattiyat mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banni (189) at a glance
Banni (189) is a village of 520 people in 86 households (Census 2011) in Bhattiyat tehsil, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, the 15th-largest of 78 villages in Bhattiyat tehsil. Literacy is 62%, about the same as the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 176313, served by Kakira post office; the LGD village code is 7543. The sarpanch is SHALLO DEVI, and the village votes in Bhattiyat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kuldeep Singh Pathania. The population is estimated at 613 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kahri →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banni (189) · this village | 520 | 62% | — |
| Kahri (190) · Bhattiyat | 531 | 58% | — |
| Rakhed (193) · Bhattiyat | 452 | 51% | — |
| Dhamgran (192) · Bhattiyat | 197 | 62% | — |
| Sundhar (194) · Bhattiyat | 193 | 40% | — |
| Purkhda (191) · Bhattiyat | 170 | 54% | — |
| Chipnal (195) · Bhattiyat | 0 | — | — |
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Notice board · Banni (189)
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Key facts — Banni (189)
- LGD code
- 7543
- Pincode
- 176313
- Post office
- Kakira
- Population (Census 2011)
- 520
- Population (projected 2026)
- 613
- Households
- 86
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kangra
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhattiyat
- Member of Parliament
- Rajeev Bhardwaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kuldeep Singh Pathania
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHALLO DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Bhattiyat
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 176313
- Kakira Jarai (160)Kakira mandal1,458 pop
- Awanh (188)Bhattiyat mandal761 pop
- Saila (211)Bhattiyat mandal719 pop
- Mandrihar (242)Bhattiyat mandal642 pop
- Kakira Kasba (161)Kakira mandal538 pop
- Kuddi (185)Bhattiyat mandal533 pop
- Kahri (190)Bhattiyat mandal531 pop
- Howar Jarei (177)Bhattiyat mandal475 pop
- Rakhed (193)Bhattiyat mandal452 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Banni (189)
Other villages in Bhattiyat mandal
View all 60+ →- Kuthehad (213)
- Malunda (204)
- Jandrog (258)
- Awanh (188)
- Chalahdi (240)
- Saila (211)
- Mandrihar (242)
- Gulahad (221)
- Maradi (248)
- Parchhor (231)
- Gahar (215)
- Kulhetar (212)
- Kuddi (185)
- Kahri (190)
- Raipur Jarei(245)
- Baloh (243)
- Howar Jarei (177)
- Doth (239)
- Rakhed (193)
- Fagot (247)
- Thanoli (182)
- Banet (208)
- Kelan (241)
- Chudhana (210)
- Kuddi (244)
- Bhagdotra (209)
- Draman (183)
- Jatrun (219)
- Lanoh (217)
- Bhyal (199)
- Jambal (178)
- Nadal (225)
- Beehda (181)
- Ghadasni Pul (228)
- Dadaryad (227)
- Turkda (222)
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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)