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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
Manju Devi
Contact: 97****6619
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- LGD code
- 6997
- Pincode
- 176316
- Post office
- Bhanjraru-Tissa
- Population
- 517
- Households
- 99
- Literacy rate
- 42.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1052 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 385
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhand(520) compares
By population, Dhand(520) ranks #60 of 312 villages in Churah mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.6%
−8.6% vs mandal average
- Dhand(520)
- 42.6%
- Churah mandal
- 51.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,052
+85 vs mandal average
- Dhand(520)
- 1,052
- Churah mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Dhand(520)
- 5.2
- Churah mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhand(520) at a glance
Dhand(520) is a village of 517 people in 99 households (Census 2011) in Churah tehsil, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, the 60th-largest of 312 villages in Churah tehsil. Literacy is 43%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 1,052 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 176316, served by Bhanjraru-Tissa post office; the LGD village code is 6997. The sarpanch is Manju Devi, and the village votes in Churah assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hans Raj. The population is estimated at 610 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhawala →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhand(520) · this village | 517 | 43% | — |
| Dehra (521) · Churah | 491 | 59% | — |
| Sothi (518) · Churah | 470 | 50% | — |
| Kaila (552) · Churah | 82 | 70% | — |
| D.P.F. Kiani (517) · Churah | 24 | 33% | — |
| D.P.F. Badruni (519) · Churah | 0 | — | — |
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Key facts — Dhand(520)
- LGD code
- 6997
- Pincode
- 176316
- Post office
- Bhanjraru-Tissa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 517
- Population (projected 2026)
- 610
- Households
- 99
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1052
- Literacy rate
- 42.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kangra
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Churah
- Member of Parliament
- Rajeev Bhardwaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hans Raj
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Manju Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Churah
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 176316
- Shikari (416)Churah mandal1,321 pop
- Sanwal (315)Churah mandal1,300 pop
- Chhappa (420)Churah mandal1,031 pop
- Junas (355)Churah mandal1,018 pop
- Dob Dikriyund (413)Churah mandal1,011 pop
- Dehgran (317)Churah mandal1,003 pop
- Bhadsar (318)Churah mandal983 pop
- Tatrog (405)Churah mandal891 pop
- Kuthehd (403)Churah mandal881 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Dhand(520)
Other villages in Churah mandal
View all 60+ →- Shikari (416)
- Sanwal (315)
- Swala (487)
- Tikrigarh (458)
- Bharada (454)
- Chhappa (420)
- Junas (355)
- Gadfari (445)
- Dob Dikriyund (413)
- Dehgran (317)
- Bhadsar (318)
- Tatrog (405)
- Kuthehd (403)
- Shantewa (444)
- Salelabari (316)
- Dounri (408)
- Souhnda (323)
- Nera (417)
- Khajua (431)
- Tisagarh (412)
- Ghulei (370)
- Satyas (376)
- Jakhla (488)
- Gadhwalka (250)
- Guila (357)
- Garh (377)
- Batrundi (459)
- Bhraduin (469)
- Charodi (529)
- Shoul (353)
- Aail (297)
- Thanai Kothi(325)
- Guwari (400)
- Kunda (243)
- Kathwar (461)
- Bounderi (352)
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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)