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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Galchhet is a small village in Kullu mandal, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, with 168 residents in 34 households. The village has a literacy rate of 53% and includes a high school and bus stop; it is located at 32.067°N, 77.108°E with PIN code 175128.
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- LGD code
- 12777
- Pincode
- 175128
- Post office
- Raison
- Population
- 168
- Households
- 34
- Literacy rate
- 53%
- Sex ratio
- 976 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 152
- Distance to district centre
- 5 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Shimla
- 107 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 384 km
- Nearest railway station
- Zero Point · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ayurvedic Clinic · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Galchhet compares
By population, Galchhet ranks #95 of 139 villages in Kullu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.0%
−12.4% vs mandal average
- Galchhet
- 53.0%
- Kullu mandal
- 65.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
976
+13 vs mandal average
- Galchhet
- 976
- Kullu mandal
- 963
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Galchhet
- 4.9
- Kullu mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Galchhet at a glance
Galchhet is a village of 168 people in 34 households (Census 2011) in Kullu tehsil, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, the 95th-largest of 139 villages in Kullu tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 976 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Kullu district centre, 26 km from Zero Point railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 175128, served by Raison post office; the LGD village code is 12777. Mapped within or next to the village: high school. The village votes in Kullu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sunder Singh Thakur. The population is estimated at 198 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Galchhet
- LGD code
- 12777
- Pincode
- 175128
- Post office
- Raison
- Population (Census 2011)
- 168
- Population (projected 2026)
- 198
- Households
- 34
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 976
- Literacy rate
- 53.0%
- Coordinates
- 32.06704°N, 77.10759°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kullu
- Member of Parliament
- Kangana Ranaut
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sunder Singh Thakur
- Block / Mandal
- Kullu
Getting there
How to reach Galchhet
Distance to cities · straight line
- Shimla107 kmcapital
- Delhi384 km
- Mumbai1505 km
- Kolkata1531 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationZero Point26 km
- Bus stopBhatkaral Bus Station1 km
- Hospital / PHCAyurvedic Clinic3 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank ATM3 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil4 km
- CollegeIIT Mandi South Campus34 km
- Police stationPolice Help desk12 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Bhatkaral Bus Station1.1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ High school
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Galchhet
5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Galchhet
6 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)