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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bahang is a village in Manali mandal, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh. With a population of 1,567 across 376 households and a literacy rate of 62.5%, it has multiple shops, restaurants, temples, ATMs, and fast-food outlets serving the community.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Roshan Lal
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- LGD code
- 12667
- Pincode
- 175103
- Post office
- Bahang
- Population
- 1,567
- Households
- 376
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Sex ratio
- 711 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 914
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Shimla
- 130 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 407 km
- Nearest railway station
- Zero Point · 42 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Guru. Ayurvedic Center · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bahang compares
By population, Bahang ranks #7 of 75 villages in Manali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.5%
−9.7% vs mandal average
- Bahang
- 62.5%
- Manali mandal
- 72.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
711
−184 vs mandal average
- Bahang
- 711
- Manali mandal
- 895
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bahang
- 4.2
- Manali mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bahang at a glance
Bahang is a village of 1,567 people in 376 households (Census 2011) in Manali tehsil, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 75 villages in Manali tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 711 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Kullu district centre, 42 km from Zero Point railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 175103, served by Bahang post office; the LGD village code is 12667. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school. The sarpanch is Roshan Lal, and the village votes in Manali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhuvneshwar Gaur. The population is estimated at 1,847 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Bahang
- LGD code
- 12667
- Pincode
- 175103
- Post office
- Bahang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,567
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,847
- Households
- 376
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 711
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Coordinates
- 32.27563°N, 77.18114°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Manali
- Member of Parliament
- Kangana Ranaut
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhuvneshwar Gaur
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Roshan Lal
- Block / Mandal
- Manali
Getting there
How to reach Bahang
Distance to cities · straight line
- Shimla130 kmcapital
- Delhi407 km
- Mumbai1529 km
- Kolkata1541 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationZero Point42 km
- Bus stopShared Taxi Bus Stop3 km
- Hospital / PHCGuru. Ayurvedic Center3 km
- ATM / bankEagle Guest House2 km
- Petrol pumpHP<1 km
- CollegeDharmalaya Institute for Compassionate Living50 km
- Police stationPolice Assistance3 km
Nearest to the village
- Petrol pump
- HPunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bahang
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Bahang
6 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
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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)