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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KEDAR NATH
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- LGD code
- 14726
- Pincode
- 175027
- Post office
- Baggi
- Population
- 930
- Households
- 216
- Literacy rate
- 76%
- Sex ratio
- 845 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 476
Census 2011 · in context
How Rigar (286) compares
By population, Rigar (286) ranks #32 of 125 villages in Balh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.0%
+1.0% vs mandal average
- Rigar (286)
- 76.0%
- Balh mandal
- 75.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
845
−136 vs mandal average
- Rigar (286)
- 845
- Balh mandal
- 981
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Rigar (286)
- 4.3
- Balh mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rigar (286) at a glance
Rigar (286) is a village of 930 people in 216 households (Census 2011) in Balh tehsil, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, the 32nd-largest of 125 villages in Balh tehsil. Literacy is 76%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 75% and the sex ratio is 845 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 175027, served by Baggi post office; the LGD village code is 14726. The sarpanch is KEDAR NATH, and the village votes in Balh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Inder Singh. The population is estimated at 1,096 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Rigar (286)
- LGD code
- 14726
- Pincode
- 175027
- Post office
- Baggi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 930
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,096
- Households
- 216
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 845
- Literacy rate
- 76.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Balh
- Member of Parliament
- Kangana Ranaut
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Inder Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KEDAR NATH
- Block / Mandal
- Balh
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)