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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITA DEVI
Contact: 98****3624
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- LGD code
- 13906
- Pincode
- 175024
- Post office
- Sarkaghat
- Population
- 129
- Households
- 28
- Literacy rate
- 74.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1186 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 90
Census 2011 · in context
How Behal (262) compares
By population, Behal (262) ranks #114 of 128 villages in Sarkaghat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.4%
−3.5% vs mandal average
- Behal (262)
- 74.4%
- Sarkaghat mandal
- 77.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,186
+124 vs mandal average
- Behal (262)
- 1,186
- Sarkaghat mandal
- 1,062
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Behal (262)
- 4.6
- Sarkaghat mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Behal (262) at a glance
Behal (262) is a village of 129 people in 28 households (Census 2011) in Sarkaghat tehsil, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, the 114th-largest of 128 villages in Sarkaghat tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 78% and the sex ratio is 1,186 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 175024, served by Sarkaghat post office; the LGD village code is 13906. The sarpanch is SUNITA DEVI, and the village votes in Sarkaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dalip Thakur. The population is estimated at 152 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Basantpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behal (262) · this village | 129 | 74% | — |
| Harlot (259) · Sarkaghat | 470 | 81% | — |
| Bhatwan (256) · Sarkaghat | 417 | 75% | — |
| Bhalwan (258) · Sarkaghat | 244 | 80% | — |
| Rasain (257) · Sarkaghat | 238 | 78% | — |
| Basantpur (261) · Sarkaghat | 214 | 73% | — |
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Notice board · Behal (262)
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Key facts — Behal (262)
- LGD code
- 13906
- Pincode
- 175024
- Post office
- Sarkaghat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 129
- Population (projected 2026)
- 152
- Households
- 28
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1186
- Literacy rate
- 74.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarkaghat
- Member of Parliament
- Kangana Ranaut
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dalip Thakur
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Sarkaghat
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 175024
- Chauki (140)Mandap mandal1,064 pop
- Fatehpur (447)Sarkaghat mandal950 pop
- Dabrog (280)Sarkaghat mandal860 pop
- Pipli (195)Tihra mandal814 pop
- Upper Barot (451)Sarkaghat mandal792 pop
- Barchhwar (284)Sarkaghat mandal771 pop
- Brarta (298)Sarkaghat mandal767 pop
- Nabahi (368)Sarkaghat mandal763 pop
- Tatahar (367)Sarkaghat mandal729 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Behal (262)
Other villages in Sarkaghat mandal
View all 60+ →- Saroun (249)
- Fatehpur (447)
- Kothi (263)
- Dabrog (280)
- Upper Barot (451)
- Barchhwar (284)
- Brarta (298)
- Nabahi (368)
- Tatahar (367)
- Thana (382)
- Sadhot (238)
- Jukain (369)
- Bakarta (278)
- Gadhyani (277)
- Jhanjhail (306)
- Bag (288)
- Kharoh (236)
- Lunadha (446)
- Jandharu Kalan (264)
- Pati (302)
- Sain (285)
- Mohin (381)
- Paplog (235)
- Behanji (384)
- Rakhoh (260)
- Karyal (252)
- Jaboth (431)
- Chamyanu (365)
- Harlot (259)
- Kuthehar (227)
- Badal (373)
- Bhatoh Phakrehr (363)
- Ropari (219)
- Dodar (267)
- Lower Barot (450)
- Hawani (304)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)