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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GURMEET KAUR
Contact: 98****0056
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- LGD code
- 21105
- Pincode
- 173205
- Post office
- Baddi
- Population
- 898
- Households
- 182
- Literacy rate
- 60.1%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 290
Census 2011 · in context
How Chak (196) compares
By population, Chak (196) ranks #16 of 216 villages in Baddi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.1%
−8.7% vs mandal average
- Chak (196)
- 60.1%
- Baddi mandal
- 68.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
+84 vs mandal average
- Chak (196)
- 935
- Baddi mandal
- 851
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Chak (196)
- 4.9
- Baddi mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chak (196) at a glance
Chak (196) is a village of 898 people in 182 households (Census 2011) in Baddi tehsil, Solan district, Himachal Pradesh, the 16th-largest of 216 villages in Baddi tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 935 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 173205, served by Baddi post office; the LGD village code is 21105. The sarpanch is GURMEET KAUR. The population is estimated at 1,059 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gullarwala →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chak (196) · this village | 898 | 60% | — |
| Gullarwala (194) · Baddi | 1,499 | 69% | — |
| Karuwana (197) · Baddi | 891 | 64% | — |
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Key facts — Chak (196)
- LGD code
- 21105
- Pincode
- 173205
- Post office
- Baddi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 898
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,059
- Households
- 182
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 60.1%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GURMEET KAUR
- Block / Mandal
- Baddi
- 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 173205
- Thana (192)Baddi mandal2,687 pop
- Kishanpura (163)Baddi mandal2,191 pop
- Gullarwala (194)Baddi mandal1,499 pop
- Haripur Sandoli (206)Baddi mandal1,423 pop
- Dharampur (193)Baddi mandal1,330 pop
- Bhud (188)Baddi mandal1,298 pop
- Makhnumajra (190)Baddi mandal1,208 pop
- Karuwana (197)Baddi mandal891 pop
- Dhana(159)Baddi mandal812 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Chak (196)
Other villages in Baddi mandal
View all 60+ →- Thana (192)
- Kishanpura (163)
- Manpura (164)
- Barotiwala (196)
- Bated (200)
- Mandhala (190)
- Gullarwala (194)
- Kunjahal (216)
- Haripur Sandoli (206)
- Dharampur (193)
- Bhud (188)
- Jharmajri (215)
- Makhnumajra (190)
- Tipra (195)
- Dhela (178)
- Karuwana (197)
- Guru Majra (182)
- Beli Khol (162)
- Harraipur (183)
- Dhana(159)
- Malpur (189)
- Kulhariwala (193)
- Lodimajra (173)
- Malkumajra (184)
- Raipur Jakhauli (168)
- Kalyanpur (201)
- Koti (187)
- Bhatouli Kalan (214)
- Buranwala (201)
- Rautan Wala (166)
- Theda (165)
- Balyana (202)
- Sandholi (199)
- Kalujhinda (186)
- Sainsiwala (191)
- Dhaular (194)
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)