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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
suman
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- LGD code
- 44905
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population
- 224
- Households
- 30
- Literacy rate
- 31.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1309 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 125
Census 2011 · in context
How Nichhiya compares
By population, Nichhiya ranks #73 of 170 villages in Kalsi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
31.3%
−27.7% vs mandal average
- Nichhiya
- 31.3%
- Kalsi mandal
- 59.0%
- Dehradun district
- 74.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,309
+404 vs mandal average
- Nichhiya
- 1,309
- Kalsi mandal
- 905
Household size
people per home
7.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Nichhiya
- 7.5
- Kalsi mandal
- 7.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nichhiya at a glance
Nichhiya is a village of 224 people in 30 households (Census 2011) in Kalsi tehsil, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, the 73rd-largest of 170 villages in Kalsi tehsil. Literacy is 31%, 28 points below the tehsil average, and the sex ratio is 1,309 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 248001, served by Araghar post office; the LGD village code is 44905. The sarpanch is suman, and the village votes in Chakrata assembly constituency, represented by Pritam Singh. The population is estimated at 264 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Nichhiya
- LGD code
- 44905
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 224
- Population (projected 2026)
- 264
- Households
- 30
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1309
- Literacy rate
- 31.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chakrata
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pritam Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- suman
- Block / Mandal
- Kalsi
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- DakpatharVikas Nagar mandal9,897 pop
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Other villages in Kalsi mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)