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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MEERA
Contact: 94****2665
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- LGD code
- 15594
- Pincode
- 175038
- Post office
- Nihri
- Population
- 170
- Households
- 33
- Literacy rate
- 57.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 91
Census 2011 · in context
How Samaul (260) compares
By population, Samaul (260) ranks #72 of 203 villages in Nihri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.1%
−8.9% vs mandal average
- Samaul (260)
- 57.1%
- Nihri mandal
- 66.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
+72 vs mandal average
- Samaul (260)
- 1,048
- Nihri mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Samaul (260)
- 5.2
- Nihri mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Samaul (260) at a glance
Samaul (260) is a village of 170 people in 33 households (Census 2011) in Nihri tehsil, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, the 72nd-largest of 203 villages in Nihri tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 175038, served by Nihri post office; the LGD village code is 15594. The sarpanch is MEERA. The population is estimated at 200 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dhanyara →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaul (260) · this village | 170 | 57% | — |
| Doghari (274) · Nihri | 625 | 69% | — |
| Dhanyara (273) · Nihri | 347 | 63% | — |
| Baadhu (262) · Nihri | 207 | 63% | — |
| Neri Ropru (261) · Nihri | 138 | 59% | — |
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Notice board · Samaul (260)
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Samaul (260)
- LGD code
- 15594
- Pincode
- 175038
- Post office
- Nihri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 170
- Population (projected 2026)
- 200
- Households
- 33
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 57.1%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MEERA
- Block / Mandal
- Nihri
Same pincode
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- Gharot (288)
- Singhu (153)
- Shalag (249)
- Kamand (214)
- Boi (285)
- Sojha (288)
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- Paurakothi (212)
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- Baali Batadi (287)
- Batol (284)
- Dhamasan (293)
- Grahan (251)
- Ropa Bandla (250)
- Okal (204)
- Segal (226)
- Jhungi (309)
- Dhanyara (273)
- Seri (252)
- Anushi (225)
- Chalog (275)
- Thihkar (152)
- D.P.F.Bhun (217)
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)