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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jyotika Mehra
Contact: 82****8157
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- LGD code
- 7632
- Pincode
- 176207
- Post office
- Sihunta
- Population
- 709
- Households
- 163
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1098 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 450
Census 2011 · in context
How Dukhar (275) compares
By population, Dukhar (275) ranks #20 of 97 villages in Sihunta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.7%
+8.7% vs mandal average
- Dukhar (275)
- 75.7%
- Sihunta mandal
- 67.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,098
+67 vs mandal average
- Dukhar (275)
- 1,098
- Sihunta mandal
- 1,031
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Dukhar (275)
- 4.3
- Sihunta mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dukhar (275) at a glance
Dukhar (275) is a village of 709 people in 163 households (Census 2011) in Sihunta tehsil, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, the 20th-largest of 97 villages in Sihunta tehsil. Literacy is 76%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,098 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 176207, served by Sihunta post office; the LGD village code is 7632. The sarpanch is Jyotika Mehra. The population is estimated at 836 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Samote →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dukhar (275) · this village | 709 | 76% | — |
| Samot (276a) · Sihunta | 817 | 78% | — |
| Adhwar (274) · Sihunta | 484 | 65% | — |
| Kaswa Samot (276B) · Sihunta | 84 | 89% | — |
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Key facts — Dukhar (275)
- LGD code
- 7632
- Pincode
- 176207
- Post office
- Sihunta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 709
- Population (projected 2026)
- 836
- Households
- 163
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1098
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jyotika Mehra
- Block / Mandal
- Sihunta
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 176207
- Hatli (345)Sihunta mandal1,588 pop
- Sihunta Jarei (300a)Sihunta mandal1,470 pop
- Chhalara (311)Sihunta mandal1,358 pop
- Garnota (293)Sihunta mandal1,304 pop
- Khanoda (269)Sihunta mandal1,273 pop
- Jasur (277)Sihunta mandal1,199 pop
- Motla (316)Sihunta mandal1,142 pop
- Kamla (294)Sihunta mandal1,028 pop
- Tikri (279)Sihunta mandal996 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Dukhar (275)
Other villages in Sihunta mandal
View all 60+ →- Hatli (345)
- Sihunta Jarei (300a)
- Chhalara (311)
- Garnota (293)
- Khanoda (269)
- Jasur (277)
- Motla (316)
- Kamla (294)
- Tikri (279)
- Balana (338)
- Binna (267)
- Gola (342)
- Dungru (299)
- Tundi Jarei (270a)
- Samot (276a)
- Bharadi (273)
- Dramnala (327a)
- Manhuta (265)
- Kathet (237)
- Sarog (297)
- Siyun (259)
- Godhra (266)
- Duppar (292)
- Falahad (238)
- Basolda (321)
- Thulel (336)
- Kaswa Sihunta (300B)
- Panjla (268)
- Chauntlu (271)
- Adhwar (274)
- Bhujjal (291)
- Parasyara (261)
- Kiyod (272)
- Surpada (278)
- Dhrwai (290)
- Thakoli (315)
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)