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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Lajja Devi
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- LGD code
- 12670
- Pincode
- 175103
- Post office
- Bahang
- Population
- 906
- Households
- 244
- Literacy rate
- 74.9%
- Sex ratio
- 830 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 489
Census 2011 · in context
How Kaushala compares
By population, Kaushala ranks #18 of 75 villages in Manali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.9%
+2.7% vs mandal average
- Kaushala
- 74.9%
- Manali mandal
- 72.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
830
−65 vs mandal average
- Kaushala
- 830
- Manali mandal
- 895
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Kaushala
- 3.7
- Manali mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kaushala at a glance
Kaushala is a village of 906 people in 244 households (Census 2011) in Manali tehsil, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, the 18th-largest of 75 villages in Manali tehsil. Literacy is 75%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 830 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 175103, served by Bahang post office; the LGD village code is 12670. The sarpanch is Lajja Devi, and the village votes in Manali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhuvneshwar Gaur. The population is estimated at 1,068 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaushala · this village | 906 | 75% | — |
| Vashisht (20/23) · Manali | 1,626 | 68% | — |
| Dharanu · Manali | 1,141 | 69% | — |
| D.P.F. Aleo Bihal · Manali | 101 | 87% | — |
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Key facts — Kaushala
- LGD code
- 12670
- Pincode
- 175103
- Post office
- Bahang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 906
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,068
- Households
- 244
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 830
- Literacy rate
- 74.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Manali
- Member of Parliament
- Kangana Ranaut
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhuvneshwar Gaur
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Lajja Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Manali
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 175103
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kaushala
Other villages in Manali mandal
View all 60+ →- Syal
- Bari (22/36)
- Baragran (22/37)
- Jagatsukh (20/21)
- Vashisht (20/23)
- Aleo
- Bahang
- Burua (21/25)
- Chachoga
- Palchan (21/24)
- Shuru
- Karjan (23/40)
- Dharanu
- Gadherni
- Soyal (23/41)
- Solang
- Prini (20/22)
- Shanag
- Manali (21/26)
- Gaushal
- Haripur
- Manu Nagar
- Nasogi (21/27)
- Parsha
- Shangchar
- Khakhnal
- Sajla (23/39)
- Kalath
- Pangan (22/38)
- Simsa
- Bran (22/29)
- Chhiyal
- Burua Majhach
- Gojra (20/20)
- Dobha
- Majhach
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)