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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Indra Sharma
Contact: 85****6221
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- LGD code
- 19969
- Pincode
- 171102
- Post office
- Darla
- Population
- 302
- Households
- 58
- Literacy rate
- 75.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1142 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 248
Census 2011 · in context
How Shawag (174) compares
By population, Shawag (174) ranks #20 of 202 villages in Arki mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.8%
−0.4% vs mandal average
- Shawag (174)
- 75.8%
- Arki mandal
- 76.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,142
+115 vs mandal average
- Shawag (174)
- 1,142
- Arki mandal
- 1,027
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Shawag (174)
- 5.2
- Arki mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shawag (174) at a glance
Shawag (174) is a village of 302 people in 58 households (Census 2011) in Arki tehsil, Solan district, Himachal Pradesh, the 20th-largest of 202 villages in Arki tehsil. Literacy is 76%, about the same as the tehsil average of 76% and the sex ratio is 1,142 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 171102, served by Darla post office; the LGD village code is 19969. The sarpanch is Indra Sharma, and the village votes in Arki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay. The population is estimated at 356 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawag (174) · this village | 302 | 76% | — |
| Lahamo (170) · Arki | 330 | 74% | — |
| Datibrahmana (176) · Arki | 182 | 79% | — |
| Datighumradwa (175) · Arki | 162 | 68% | — |
| Fanjho (171) · Arki | 162 | 75% | — |
| Ladhi (177) · Arki | 74 | 81% | — |
| Baga (169) · Arki | 72 | 83% | — |
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Key facts — Shawag (174)
- LGD code
- 19969
- Pincode
- 171102
- Post office
- Darla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 302
- Population (projected 2026)
- 356
- Households
- 58
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1142
- Literacy rate
- 75.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shimla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arki
- Member of Parliament
- Suresh Kumar Kashyap
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Indra Sharma
- 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 171102
- Bagha (511)Darlaghat mandal1,355 pop
- Rauri (200)Darlaghat mandal1,131 pop
- Giana (45)Darlaghat mandal855 pop
- Kolka (66)Darlaghat mandal794 pop
- Mangoo (46)Darlaghat mandal783 pop
- DarlaghatDarlaghat mandal774 pop
- Syar (194)Darlaghat mandal763 pop
- Darla (189)Darlaghat mandal728 pop
- Navgaon (221)Darlaghat mandal719 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Shawag (174)
Other villages in Arki mandal
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- 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)
- 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)
- Bahwan (152)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)