About Lagua Village

Lagua is a large village in Barsoi tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,683, made up of 2,471 males and 2,212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276 hectares hectares.

Lagua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lagua village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Barsoi
Area (hectares)	276 hectares
Population	4,683
Male Population	2,471
Female Population	2,212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lagua compares

By the 2011 count Lagua is the 10th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,568 residents. Its 276 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Lagua

Lagua is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lagua as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lagua from other places

Lagua lies about 56 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Surja Kama, about 6.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Lagua
Nearest railway station	Surja Kama	6.6 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barsoi	34 km
District headquarters	Katihar	56 km

Villages closest to Lagua

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barsoi tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Lagua

As per the Census of India 2011, Lagua village had a population of 4,683. That makes it the 10th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,568 residents.

Lagua village has 2,471 males and 2,212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lagua has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 928.

Lagua covers 276 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Lagua falls under Barsoi tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Lagua is Surja Kama, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lagua.

Lagua is about 56 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lagua is in Barsoi tehsil of Katihar district. Surja Kama is about 6.6 km away. Kishanganj is about 20 km away. Barsoi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.