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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
SHAKUNTLA DEVI
Contact: 98****0525
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- LGD code
- 7025
- Pincode
- 176321
- Post office
- Nakror
- Population
- 678
- Households
- 123
- Literacy rate
- 36.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1012 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 338
Census 2011 · in context
How Kathwar (461) compares
By population, Kathwar (461) ranks #35 of 312 villages in Churah mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.4%
−14.8% vs mandal average
- Kathwar (461)
- 36.4%
- Churah mandal
- 51.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,012
+45 vs mandal average
- Kathwar (461)
- 1,012
- Churah mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Kathwar (461)
- 5.5
- Churah mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kathwar (461) at a glance
Kathwar (461) is a village of 678 people in 123 households (Census 2011) in Churah tehsil, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, the 35th-largest of 312 villages in Churah tehsil. Literacy is 36%, 15 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 1,012 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 176321, served by Nakror post office; the LGD village code is 7025. The sarpanch is SHAKUNTLA DEVI, and the village votes in Churah assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hans Raj. The population is estimated at 799 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bagheigarh →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathwar (461) · this village | 678 | 36% | — |
| Chachoga (466) · Churah | 426 | 65% | — |
| Bagheigarh (465) · Churah | 326 | 61% | — |
| Dhar Tundara (460) · Churah | 24 | 13% | — |
| Dhar Trikund (471) · Churah | 0 | — | — |
| Dhar Kushan (462) · Churah | 0 | — | — |
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Notice board · Kathwar (461)
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Key facts — Kathwar (461)
- LGD code
- 7025
- Pincode
- 176321
- Post office
- Nakror
- Population (Census 2011)
- 678
- Population (projected 2026)
- 799
- Households
- 123
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1012
- Literacy rate
- 36.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kangra
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Churah
- Member of Parliament
- Rajeev Bhardwaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hans Raj
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHAKUNTLA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Churah
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 176321
- Swala (487)Churah mandal1,277 pop
- Tikrigarh (458)Churah mandal1,235 pop
- Bharada (454)Churah mandal1,208 pop
- Gadfari (445)Churah mandal1,013 pop
- Shantewa (444)Churah mandal871 pop
- Jakhla (488)Churah mandal756 pop
- Gadhwalka (250)Churah mandal749 pop
- Batrundi (459)Churah mandal734 pop
- Bhraduin (469)Churah mandal710 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kathwar (461)
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)
- Bounderi (352)
- Dhaneli (418)
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)