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Hydro project valve failure triggers flooding in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Shilha is a village in Manali mandal, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, with a population of 296 across 67 households. It has a literacy rate of 67.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sumi Devi
Contact: 78****3071
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- LGD code
- 12709
- Pincode
- 175129
- Post office
- Katrain
- Population
- 296
- Households
- 67
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Sex ratio
- 839 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 165
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Shimla
- 119 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 396 km
- Nearest railway station
- Zero Point · 37 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital, Manali · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Shilha compares
By population, Shilha ranks #49 of 75 villages in Manali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.2%
−5.0% vs mandal average
Shilha67.2%
Manali mandal72.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
839
−56 vs mandal average
Shilha839
Manali mandal895
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
Shilha4.4
Manali mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shilha at a glance
Shilha is a village of 296 people in 67 households (Census 2011) in Manali tehsil, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, the 49th-largest of 75 villages in Manali tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 839 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Kullu district centre, 37 km from Zero Point railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 175129, served by Katrain post office; the LGD village code is 12709. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital, Manali, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Sumi Devi, and the village votes in Manali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhuvneshwar Gaur. The population is estimated at 349 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Shilha
- LGD code
- 12709
- Pincode
- 175129
- Post office
- Katrain
- Population (Census 2011)
- 296
- Population (projected 2026)
- 349
- Households
- 67
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 839
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Coordinates
- 32.17342°N, 77.19166°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Manali
- Member of Parliament
- Kangana Ranaut
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhuvneshwar Gaur
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sumi Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Manali
Getting there
How to reach Shilha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Shimla119 kmcapital
- Delhi396 km
- Mumbai1519 km
- Kolkata1533 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationZero Point37 km
- Bus stopShared taxi stand4 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital, Manali7 km
- ATM / bankKangra Co-operative Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil2 km
- CollegeDharmalaya Institute for Compassionate Living47 km
- Police stationPolice Station Manali7 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Shilha
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Mata Docha Mocha templeTemple1.4 km ↗
- 🛕Vishnu Kund (Balu Mosar)Temple1.8 km ↗
- 🛕MandirTemple2.2 km ↗
- 🛕Miniature stone shiva templeTemple2.9 km ↗
- 🛕Miniature Siva Temple, JagatsukhTemple3.0 km ↗
- 🛕Jai Shirgan Naag templeTemple3.5 km ↗
- 🛕Temple of Gauri Shankar with sculpturesTemple3.8 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Shilha
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Primary School SangcharSchool3.7 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 175129
- JateharKullu mandal2,240 pop
- Bari (22/36)Manali mandal2,100 pop
- Katrain (22/35)Kullu mandal2,004 pop
- Bhullang (35/86)Bhuntar mandal1,836 pop
- Pichhli (31/69)Kullu mandal1,584 pop
- Dawara (22/34)Kullu mandal1,553 pop
- Dobhi (28/61)Kullu mandal1,033 pop
- DohalunalaKullu mandal789 pop
- ShangcharManali mandal697 pop
Villages near Shilha
Other villages in Manali mandal
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- 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
- Shangchar
- Khakhnal
- Sajla (23/39)
- Kalath
- Pangan (22/38)
- Simsa
- Bran (22/29)
- Chhiyal
- Burua Majhach
- Gojra (20/20)
- Dobha
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)