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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pushpa Devi
Contact: 88****9718
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- LGD code
- 12697
- Pincode
- 175129
- Post office
- Katrain
- Population
- 697
- Households
- 165
- Literacy rate
- 71.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1032 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 502
Census 2011 · in context
How Shangchar compares
By population, Shangchar ranks #26 of 75 villages in Manali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.6%
−0.6% vs mandal average
- Shangchar
- 71.6%
- Manali mandal
- 72.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,032
+137 vs mandal average
- Shangchar
- 1,032
- Manali mandal
- 895
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Shangchar
- 4.2
- Manali mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shangchar at a glance
Shangchar is a village of 697 people in 165 households (Census 2011) in Manali tehsil, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, the 26th-largest of 75 villages in Manali tehsil. Literacy is 72%, about the same as the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,032 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 175129, served by Katrain post office; the LGD village code is 12697. The sarpanch is Pushpa Devi, and the village votes in Manali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhuvneshwar Gaur. The population is estimated at 822 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Riyara →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shangchar · this village | 697 | 72% | — |
| Riyara (22/30) · Manali | 432 | 71% | — |
| Chharogi · Manali | 1 | 100% | — |
| Mandron · Manali | 0 | — | — |
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Notice board · Shangchar
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Key facts — Shangchar
- LGD code
- 12697
- Pincode
- 175129
- Post office
- Katrain
- Population (Census 2011)
- 697
- Population (projected 2026)
- 822
- Households
- 165
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1032
- Literacy rate
- 71.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Manali
- Member of Parliament
- Kangana Ranaut
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhuvneshwar Gaur
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pushpa Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Manali
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 175129
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Shangchar
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)
- Kaushala
- Shanag
- Manali (21/26)
- Gaushal
- Haripur
- Manu Nagar
- Nasogi (21/27)
- Parsha
- 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)