About Laukhan Village

Laukhan is one of the larger villages in Ghorasahan tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13,831, made up of 7,291 males and 6,540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 879 hectares hectares.

Laukhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laukhan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Ghorasahan
Area (hectares)	879 hectares
Population	13,831
Male Population	7,291
Female Population	6,540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Laukhan compares

By the 2011 count Laukhan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents. Its 879 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Laukhan

Laukhan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Laukhan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Laukhan from other places

Laukhan lies about 35 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Nakardei, about 3.1 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 Laukhan
Nearest town	Raxaul	2.4 km
Nearest railway station	Nakardei	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorasahan	31 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	35 km

Villages closest to Laukhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laukhan village had a population of 13,831. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents.

Laukhan village has 7,291 males and 6,540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laukhan has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 895.

Laukhan covers 879 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Laukhan falls under Ghorasahan tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Laukhan is Nakardei, about 3.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Laukhan.

Laukhan is about 35 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laukhan is in Ghorasahan tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Raxaul is about 2.4 km away. Nakardei is about 3.1 km away. Ghorasahan is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.