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About Langera Village

Langera is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 60 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 544.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Langera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Langera village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Saluni
Pincode 176321
Area (hectares) 544.57 hectares
Population 123
Male Population 60
Female Population 63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Langera compares

By the 2011 count Langera is the 117th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 544.57 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Langera

Langera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Langera as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Langera from other places

Langera lies about 9.3 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 49 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 Langera
Tehsil headquarters Saluni 9.3 km
District headquarters Chamba 9.3 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 49 km

Villages closest to Langera

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

Common questions about Langera

As per the Census of India 2011, Langera village had a population of 123. That makes it the 117th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Langera village has 60 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Langera has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Langera is 176321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Langera covers 544.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Langera falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Langera is Nurpur Road, about 49 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Langera.

Langera is about 9.3 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Langera is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 9.3 km away. Chamba is about 9.3 km away. Nurpur Road is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are R F Langera (under 2 km), R F Kukeran (1.6 km) and R F Ranjal (1.6 km).

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

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