Himachal Pradesh has 12 districts, 3,758 gram panchayats and 21,593 villages in the Local Government Directory as on 25 September 2026.
Pick a district to see its block panchayats, gram panchayats and villages.
| District | Blocks | Gram panchayats | Villages | Towns (ULBs) | Assembly seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilaspur | 4 | 182 | 1,093 | 6 | 5 |
| Chamba | 7 | 319 | 1,598 | 4 | 5 |
| Hamirpur | 6 | 242 | 1,783 | 6 | 5 |
| Kangra | 18 | 846 | 3,908 | 14 | 15 |
| Kinnaur | 3 | 80 | 660 | — | 1 |
| Kullu | 6 | 246 | 474 | 5 | 4 |
| Lahaul And Spiti | 2 | 48 | 521 | — | 1 |
| Mandi | 14 | 577 | 3,367 | 10 | 11 |
| Shimla | 13 | 441 | 3,356 | 11 | 8 |
| Sirmaur | 8 | 273 | 1,343 | 5 | 5 |
| Solan | 6 | 255 | 2,622 | 7 | 6 |
| Una | 5 | 249 | 868 | 8 | 6 |
Blocks are community development blocks. Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland have no panchayats under Part IX of the Constitution; villages there fall under traditional or autonomous councils, so the panchayat count is zero. Towns come from our urban local body directory, also built from LGD.
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What the numbers mean and where they come from.
How many gram panchayats are there in Himachal Pradesh?
The Local Government Directory lists 3,758 gram panchayats in Himachal Pradesh, across 12 districts, as on 25 September 2026.
How many villages are there in Himachal Pradesh?
LGD lists 21,593 villages in Himachal Pradesh. The district with the most villages is Kangra.
What is the middle tier of panchayats called in Himachal Pradesh?
LGD calls it Panchayat Samiti. Himachal Pradesh has 92 of them. They usually match the community development blocks.
Source: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India, read from the daily open mirror github.com/ramSeraph/opendata. Data as on 25 September 2026. Licence: Government Open Data License - India.
Each page below is built from an official source and credited on the page.
- Himachal Pradesh state profileSeats, parties and turnout at a glance
- Himachal Pradesh assembly election resultsEvery vidhan sabha seat, ECI results
- Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha resultsEvery parliamentary seat, 2024 and earlier
- Himachal Pradesh districts: Census 2011Population, religion, SC/ST by district
- CSR spend in Himachal PradeshCompany CSR spending by year and sector (MCA)
- Urban local bodies in Himachal PradeshMunicipal corporations, councils, wards