About Laghan Village

Laghan is a mid sized village in Kawardha tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 866, made up of 421 males and 445 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laghan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laghan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Kawardha
Pincode	491336
Area (hectares)	209.22 hectares
Population	866
Male Population	421
Female Population	445
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Laghan compares

By the 2011 count Laghan is the 83rd largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 209.22 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Laghan

Laghan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Laghan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Laghan from other places

Laghan lies about 15 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 62 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 Laghan
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kawardha	16 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	62 km

Villages closest to Laghan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laghan village had a population of 866. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Laghan village has 421 males and 445 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laghan has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Laghan is 491336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laghan covers 209.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Laghan falls under Kawardha tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Laghan is Hathbandh, about 62 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Laghan.

Laghan is about 15 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laghan is in Kawardha tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Kabeerdham is about 15 km away. Kawardha is about 16 km away. Hathbandh is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.