Chhanala is a village in Manali mandal, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, located at 32.231°N, 77.185°E. With a population of 191 across 44 households, it has a literacy rate of 77.5%. The PIN code is 175143.
By population, Chhanala ranks #54 of 75 villages in Manali mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhanala is a village of 191 people in 44 households (Census 2011) in Manali tehsil, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, the 54th-largest of 75 villages in Manali tehsil. Literacy is 78%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Kullu district centre, 39 km from Zero Point railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 175143, served by Jagatsukh post office; the LGD village code is 12725. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital, Manali, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Budh Ram, and the village votes in Manali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhuvneshwar Gaur. The population is estimated at 225 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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