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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sunita Bhushan
Contact: 98****0595
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- LGD code
- 7885
- Pincode
- 176324
- Post office
- Gehra
- Population
- 1,129
- Households
- 229
- Literacy rate
- 59.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1009 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 795
Census 2011 · in context
How Lech (120) compares
By population, Lech (120) ranks #6 of 96 villages in Dharwala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.9%
+3.2% vs mandal average
Lech (120)59.9%
Dharwala mandal56.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,009
+7 vs mandal average
Lech (120)1,009
Dharwala mandal1,002
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.3 vs mandal average
Lech (120)4.9
Dharwala mandal5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lech (120) at a glance
Lech (120) is a village of 1,129 people in 229 households (Census 2011) in Dharwala tehsil, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, the 6th-largest of 96 villages in Dharwala tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,009 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 176324, served by Gehra post office; the LGD village code is 7885. The sarpanch is Sunita Bhushan. The population is estimated at 1,331 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Lech (120)
- LGD code
- 7885
- Pincode
- 176324
- Post office
- Gehra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,129
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,331
- Households
- 229
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1009
- Literacy rate
- 59.9%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sunita Bhushan
- Block / Mandal
- Dharwala
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 176324
- Gehra (104)Dharwala mandal1,705 pop
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- Tur (92)Dharwala mandal978 pop
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- Sambra (10)Bharmour mandal864 pop
- Ghudaith (20)Bharmour mandal813 pop
- Chitrari (117)Dharwala mandal714 pop
- Bhatwara (146)Dharwala mandal659 pop
- Badgran (40)Bharmour mandal641 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)