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About Lodhar Garh Village

Lodhar Garh is a small village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 88 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,193 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lodhar Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lodhar Garh village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Sihunta
Pincode 176207
Area (hectares) 108.39 hectares
Population 193
Male Population 88
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,193
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lodhar Garh compares

By the 2011 count Lodhar Garh is the 67th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 108.39 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1021.

Getting to Lodhar Garh

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

Lodhar Garh lies about 56 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 2.1 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 Lodhar Garh
Nearest railway station Koparlahar 2.1 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Sihunta 30 km
District headquarters Chamba 56 km

Villages closest to Lodhar Garh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sihunta 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 Lodhar Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Lodhar Garh village had a population of 193. That makes it the 67th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Lodhar Garh village has 88 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lodhar Garh has about 1193 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Lodhar Garh is 176207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lodhar Garh covers 108.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lodhar Garh falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lodhar Garh is Koparlahar, about 2.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Lodhar Garh.

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

Lodhar Garh is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Koparlahar is about 2.1 km away. Dharamsala is about 20 km away. Sihunta is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dharoon (under 2 km), Hathi Dhar Jangal (under 2 km) and Jangal Dharta (under 2 km).

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

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