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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shashi Kumar
Contact: 96****8178
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- LGD code
- 7678
- Pincode
- 176207
- Post office
- Sihunta
- Population
- 288
- Households
- 54
- Literacy rate
- 58%
- Sex ratio
- 920 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 148
Census 2011 · in context
How Kathla (325) compares
By population, Kathla (325) ranks #53 of 97 villages in Sihunta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.0%
−9.0% vs mandal average
- Kathla (325)
- 58.0%
- Sihunta mandal
- 67.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
920
−111 vs mandal average
- Kathla (325)
- 920
- Sihunta mandal
- 1,031
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Kathla (325)
- 5.3
- Sihunta mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kathla (325) at a glance
Kathla (325) is a village of 288 people in 54 households (Census 2011) in Sihunta tehsil, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, the 53rd-largest of 97 villages in Sihunta tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 920 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 176207, served by Sihunta post office; the LGD village code is 7678. The sarpanch is Shashi Kumar. The population is estimated at 340 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kathla →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathla (325) · this village | 288 | 58% | — |
| Nahana (324) · Sihunta | 273 | 64% | — |
| Bhiora Saini (340) · Sihunta | 159 | 55% | — |
| Pukhru (322) · Sihunta | 156 | 55% | — |
| Kathla Jangal (326) · Sihunta | 0 | — | — |
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Notice board · Kathla (325)
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Key facts — Kathla (325)
- LGD code
- 7678
- Pincode
- 176207
- Post office
- Sihunta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 288
- Population (projected 2026)
- 340
- Households
- 54
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 920
- Literacy rate
- 58.0%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shashi Kumar
- 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 Kathla (325)
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)
- Dukhar (275)
- 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)
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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)