Lead story
18
September 2026
newsSTATE
Negi: Himachal Pradesh to earn Rs 1,200 crore yearly from Kishau project
Reported by The News Mill.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SG
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITA GARG
Contact: 96****3265
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Rahu (91) can update it.
- LGD code
- 20226
- Pincode
- 173208
- Post office
- Arki
- Population
- 204
- Households
- 40
- Literacy rate
- 72.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1061 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 124
Census 2011 · in context
How Rahu (91) compares
By population, Rahu (91) ranks #44 of 202 villages in Arki mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.1%
−4.1% vs mandal average
- Rahu (91)
- 72.1%
- Arki mandal
- 76.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,061
+34 vs mandal average
- Rahu (91)
- 1,061
- Arki mandal
- 1,027
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Rahu (91)
- 5.1
- Arki mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rahu (91) at a glance
Rahu (91) is a village of 204 people in 40 households (Census 2011) in Arki tehsil, Solan district, Himachal Pradesh, the 44th-largest of 202 villages in Arki tehsil. Literacy is 72%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 76% and the sex ratio is 1,061 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 173208, served by Arki post office; the LGD village code is 20226. The sarpanch is SUNITA GARG, and the village votes in Arki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay. The population is estimated at 241 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rohanj Jalana →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rahu (91) · this village | 204 | 72% | — |
| Jalana (90) · Arki | 649 | 75% | — |
| Mayawan (89) · Arki | 227 | 79% | — |
| Thalog (86) · Arki | 183 | 77% | — |
| Bathalang (96) · Arki | 179 | 74% | — |
| Tamred (95) · Arki | 92 | 78% | — |
| Sanjher (92) · Arki | 50 | 80% | — |
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Notice board · Rahu (91)
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rahu (91)
- LGD code
- 20226
- Pincode
- 173208
- Post office
- Arki
- Population (Census 2011)
- 204
- Population (projected 2026)
- 241
- Households
- 40
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1061
- Literacy rate
- 72.1%
- 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
Villages sharing pincode 173208
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Rahu (91)
Other villages in Arki mandal
View all 60+ →- Vikrampur (451)
- Batal (125)
- Manjhu (107)
- Jalana (90)
- Kuerushehrolkhas (366)
- Jaghoon (348)
- Majhiat (114)
- Dadal (371)
- Bahwan (457)
- Banoh (443)
- Dhayanpur (164)
- Ghariach (400)
- Gahar (126)
- Kotli (77)
- Lahamo (170)
- Bhumti (374)
- Ser (140)
- Bhel (355)
- Mahol (145)
- Shawag (174)
- Gharno (147)
- Bakhalag (150)
- Chandpur (143)
- Khanalag (103)
- Ladhi (450)
- Kadyah (79)
- Jamroti (382)
- Palog (94)
- Rauri (105)
- Sainj (128)
- Kalyanpur (365)
- Sarhech (354)
- Jakholi (123)
- Sayari (453)
- Mayawan (89)
- Soyali (375)
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)