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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Raksha Devi
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- LGD code
- 15733
- Pincode
- 175031
- Post office
- Jaidevi
- Population
- 266
- Households
- 56
- Literacy rate
- 68.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1180 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 168
Census 2011 · in context
How Shakra (307) compares
By population, Shakra (307) ranks #45 of 203 villages in Nihri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.8%
+2.8% vs mandal average
- Shakra (307)
- 68.8%
- Nihri mandal
- 66.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,180
+204 vs mandal average
- Shakra (307)
- 1,180
- Nihri mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Shakra (307)
- 4.8
- Nihri mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shakra (307) at a glance
Shakra (307) is a village of 266 people in 56 households (Census 2011) in Nihri tehsil, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, the 45th-largest of 203 villages in Nihri tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,180 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 175031, served by Jaidevi post office; the LGD village code is 15733. The sarpanch is Raksha Devi. The population is estimated at 314 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jhungi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shakra (307) · this village | 266 | 69% | — |
| Jhungi (309) · Nihri | 348 | 76% | — |
| Barnog (305) · Nihri | 300 | 72% | — |
| Shandra (299) · Nihri | 237 | 70% | — |
| Kandhi-I (301) · Nihri | 135 | 71% | — |
| Ghawata (259) · Pangna | 73 | 67% | — |
| D.P.F. Badagadoun (275) · Nihri | 71 | 72% | — |
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Notice board · Shakra (307)
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Key facts — Shakra (307)
- LGD code
- 15733
- Pincode
- 175031
- Post office
- Jaidevi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 266
- Population (projected 2026)
- 314
- Households
- 56
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1180
- Literacy rate
- 68.8%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Raksha Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Nihri
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 175031
- Bahli (216)Nihri mandal685 pop
- Jaidevi (121)Sundarnagar mandal589 pop
- Gharot (288)Nihri mandal545 pop
- Fangwas (138)Sundarnagar mandal530 pop
- Singhu (153)Nihri mandal497 pop
- Siyanji (114)Sundarnagar mandal480 pop
- Chandru (109)Sundarnagar mandal455 pop
- Dol (132)Sundarnagar mandal451 pop
- Kamand (214)Nihri mandal448 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Shakra (307)
Other villages in Nihri mandal
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- Bahli (216)
- Nihri (19)
- Rohara (41)
- Doghari (274)
- Charkadi (39)
- Bandli (269)
- Gharot (288)
- Singhu (153)
- Shalag (249)
- Kamand (214)
- Boi (285)
- Sojha (288)
- Kathachi (44)
- Manah (17)
- Paurakothi (212)
- Gharoi (16)
- 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)
- Chiral (218)
- Barnog (305)
- Marahada (30)
- Kumaru (272)
- Bhalaan (290)
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, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)