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About Lachan Village

Lachan is a mid sized village in Dimow tehsil, in the district of Sivasagar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 803, made up of 404 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.99 hectares hectares.

Lachan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lachan village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sivasagar
Tehsil Dimow
Area (hectares) 154.99 hectares
Population 803
Male Population 404
Female Population 399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lachan compares

By the 2011 count Lachan is the 75th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 993 residents. Its 154.99 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Lachan

Lachan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lachan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Khorahat Grant, Koiborta Dalani, Konwar and Kukura Chowa. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Lachan

As per the Census of India 2011, Lachan village had a population of 803. That makes it the 75th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 993 residents.

Lachan village has 404 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lachan has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Lachan covers 154.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lachan falls under Dimow tehsil of Sivasagar district in Assam.

The census record for Lachan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Lachan.

Lachan is in Dimow tehsil of Sivasagar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lachan today is likely to be higher.

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