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Schools in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh to remain shut tomorrow amid heavy rainfall
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 49556
- Pincode
- 262533
- Post office
- Pankhu
- Population
- 171
- Households
- 41
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1138 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 71
Census 2011 · in context
How Lachhima compares
By population, Lachhima ranks #17 of 33 villages in Pankhu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.3%
+6.6% vs mandal average
Lachhima74.3%
Pankhu mandal67.7%
Pithoragarh district71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,138
+13 vs mandal average
Lachhima1,138
Pankhu mandal1,125
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
Lachhima4.2
Pankhu mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lachhima at a glance
Lachhima is a village of 171 people in 41 households (Census 2011) in Pankhu tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 17th-largest of 33 villages in Pankhu tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,138 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 262533, served by Pankhu post office; the LGD village code is 49556. The sarpanch is pooja pathak, and the village votes in Kapkote assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Gariya. The population is estimated at 202 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Lachhima
- LGD code
- 49556
- Pincode
- 262533
- Post office
- Pankhu
- Population (Census 2011)
- 171
- Population (projected 2026)
- 202
- Households
- 41
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1138
- Literacy rate
- 74.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kapkote
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Suresh Gariya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- pooja pathak
- Block / Mandal
- Pankhu
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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