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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
devi ram
Contact: 98****8483
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- LGD code
- 14979
- Pincode
- 175106
- Post office
- Balichowki
- Population
- 509
- Households
- 85
- Literacy rate
- 62.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1004 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 405
Census 2011 · in context
How Dev Dhar (606) compares
By population, Dev Dhar (606) ranks #27 of 108 villages in Bali Chowki mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.1%
−4.9% vs mandal average
- Dev Dhar (606)
- 62.1%
- Bali Chowki mandal
- 67.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,004
+50 vs mandal average
- Dev Dhar (606)
- 1,004
- Bali Chowki mandal
- 954
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Dev Dhar (606)
- 6.0
- Bali Chowki mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dev Dhar (606) at a glance
Dev Dhar (606) is a village of 509 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Bali Chowki tehsil, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, the 27th-largest of 108 villages in Bali Chowki tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 175106, served by Balichowki post office; the LGD village code is 14979. The sarpanch is devi ram . The population is estimated at 600 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Devdhar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dev Dhar (606) · this village | 509 | 62% | — |
| Rahi (610) · Bali Chowki | 1,142 | 70% | — |
| Odi (608) · Bali Chowki | 5 | 60% | — |
| D.P.F. Chunji Chalahar (607) · Bali Chowki | 0 | — | — |
| D.P.F.Jhira Deuri (609) · Bali Chowki | 0 | — | — |
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Notice board · Dev Dhar (606)
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dev Dhar (606)
- LGD code
- 14979
- Pincode
- 175106
- Post office
- Balichowki
- Population (Census 2011)
- 509
- Population (projected 2026)
- 600
- Households
- 85
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1004
- Literacy rate
- 62.1%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- devi ram
- Block / Mandal
- Bali Chowki
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 175106
- Rahi (610)Bali Chowki mandal1,142 pop
- Bali Chowki (611)Bali Chowki mandal1,045 pop
- Mani (617)Bali Chowki mandal869 pop
- Panjain (600)Bali Chowki mandal823 pop
- Khanni (625)Bali Chowki mandal807 pop
- Kandha (629)Bali Chowki mandal789 pop
- Basunghi (613)Bali Chowki mandal780 pop
- Ghat (675)Bali Chowki mandal715 pop
- Khuhan (658)Bali Chowki mandal686 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Dev Dhar (606)
Other villages in Bali Chowki mandal
View all 60+ →- Rahi (610)
- Bali Chowki (611)
- Mani (617)
- Panjain (600)
- Khanni (625)
- Kandha (629)
- Guran (561)
- Basunghi (613)
- Kholanal (541)
- Ghat (675)
- Marhawa (560)
- Tapnali (684)
- Khuhan (658)
- Khauli (690)
- Kuklaah (547)
- Bounchari (626)
- Khahri (553)
- Thachadhar (688)
- Nauna (621)
- Samalwas (672)
- Thatta (667)
- Sudhrani (659)
- Kandhi (678)
- Dobha (587)
- Kun (554)
- Baggi (545)
- Bhurah (605)
- Ghat Muhath (604)
- Chhet (591)
- Kau (595)
- Mathyani (677)
- Kashoud (550)
- Pandali (548)
- Shaihnu (551)
- Majaon (657)
- Suketi (680)
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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)