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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MT
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Monika Thakur
Contact: 85****4938
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- LGD code
- 26582
- Pincode
- 171214
- Post office
- Jangla
- Population
- 342
- Households
- 69
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Sex ratio
- 954 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 117
Census 2011 · in context
How Devi Dhar (21) compares
By population, Devi Dhar (21) ranks #23 of 57 villages in Jangla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.2%
−1.2% vs mandal average
- Devi Dhar (21)
- 60.2%
- Jangla mandal
- 61.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
954
+6 vs mandal average
- Devi Dhar (21)
- 954
- Jangla mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
5.0
Same as the mandal average
- Devi Dhar (21)
- 5.0
- Jangla mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devi Dhar (21) at a glance
Devi Dhar (21) is a village of 342 people in 69 households (Census 2011) in Jangla tehsil, Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, the 23rd-largest of 57 villages in Jangla tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 171214, served by Jangla post office; the LGD village code is 26582. The sarpanch is Monika Thakur. The population is estimated at 403 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devi Dhar (21) · this village | 342 | 60% | — |
| Sari (24) · Jangla | 525 | 60% | — |
| Bhamwari (6) · Jangla | 305 | 58% | — |
| D.P.F.Devandhar (4) · Jangla | 0 | — | — |
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Notice board · Devi Dhar (21)
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Devi Dhar (21)
- LGD code
- 26582
- Pincode
- 171214
- Post office
- Jangla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 342
- Population (projected 2026)
- 403
- Households
- 69
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 954
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Monika Thakur
- Block / Mandal
- Jangla
- Nearest police station
- Aut Police Station (26.7 km)
- Nearest PHC
- Laxmi Clinic (30.5 km)
- Nearest post office
- Balichowki Post office (29.0 km)
- Nearest bank
- Punjab National Bank (27.3 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 171214
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Devi Dhar (21)
Other villages in Jangla mandal
View all 56+ →- Thali Jangla (13)
- Diswani. (131)
- Kulgaon (11)
- Masli (128)
- Todsa (16)
- Nandla (10/1)
- Dali (125)
- Thana (15)
- Jhatwadi(138)
- Jhalwari (9)
- Gawas145)
- Ranol (25)
- Dhakgaon (121)
- Kharot (123).
- Sari (24)
- Illakakyani(142)
- Amboi (14)
- Limbra (20)
- Kaloti (136)
- Banoti(1/1)
- Bhatwari (141)
- Magwani (10/2)
- Manghara (2)
- Bhatwa (135)
- Bagi (146)
- Bhamwari (6)
- Bachari (23)
- Kamraun(133)
- Gumna (22)
- Dumreda (3)
- Jailot (18)
- Badiyara(12)
- Shagli (19)
- Kutra (7)
- Sharkali (137)
- Jagoti (134)
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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)