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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITA GARG
Contact: 96****3265
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- LGD code
- 20216
- Pincode
- 173208
- Post office
- Arki
- Population
- 179
- Households
- 34
- Literacy rate
- 73.7%
- Sex ratio
- 827 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 147
Census 2011 · in context
How Bathalang (96) compares
By population, Bathalang (96) ranks #56 of 202 villages in Arki mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.7%
−2.5% vs mandal average
- Bathalang (96)
- 73.7%
- Arki mandal
- 76.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
827
−200 vs mandal average
- Bathalang (96)
- 827
- Arki mandal
- 1,027
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Bathalang (96)
- 5.3
- Arki mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bathalang (96) at a glance
Bathalang (96) is a village of 179 people in 34 households (Census 2011) in Arki tehsil, Solan district, Himachal Pradesh, the 56th-largest of 202 villages in Arki tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 76% and the sex ratio is 827 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 173208, served by Arki post office; the LGD village code is 20216. The sarpanch is SUNITA GARG, and the village votes in Arki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay. The population is estimated at 211 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathalang (96) · this village | 179 | 74% | — |
| Jalana (90) · Arki | 649 | 75% | — |
| Mayawan (89) · Arki | 227 | 79% | — |
| Rahu (91) · Arki | 204 | 72% | — |
| Thalog (86) · Arki | 183 | 77% | — |
| Tamred (95) · Arki | 92 | 78% | — |
| Sanjher (92) · Arki | 50 | 80% | — |
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Key facts — Bathalang (96)
- LGD code
- 20216
- Pincode
- 173208
- Post office
- Arki
- Population (Census 2011)
- 179
- Population (projected 2026)
- 211
- Households
- 34
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 827
- Literacy rate
- 73.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shimla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arki
- Member of Parliament
- Suresh Kumar Kashyap
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNITA GARG
- Block / Mandal
- Arki
- Nearest police station
- Police Station Nalagarh (30.4 km)
- Nearest PHC
- Dispensary, Baruna (30.0 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Bharatgarh (35.8 km)
Same pincode
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)