About Lai Village

Lai is a mid sized village in Surajgarha tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,450, made up of 748 males and 702 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 811309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lai village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Lakhisarai
Tehsil	Surajgarha
Pincode	811309
Area (hectares)	256.05 hectares
Population	1,450
Male Population	748
Female Population	702
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Lai compares

By the 2011 count Lai is the 55th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents. Its 256.05 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Lai

Lai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lai 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lai from other places

Lai lies about 10 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Pawai Brohmasthan Halt, about under 2 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 Lai
Nearest railway station	Pawai Brohmasthan Halt	under 2 km
District headquarters	Lakhisarai	10 km
Nearest town	Luckeesarai	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Surajgarha	11 km

Villages closest to Lai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Surajgarha 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 Lai

As per the Census of India 2011, Lai village had a population of 1,450. That makes it the 55th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents.

Lai village has 748 males and 702 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lai has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 887.

The pincode recorded for Lai is 811309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lai covers 256.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lai falls under Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Lai is Pawai Brohmasthan Halt, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Lai.

Lai is about 10 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lai is in Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Pawai Brohmasthan Halt is about under 2 km away. Lakhisarai is about 10 km away. Luckeesarai is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.