About Lag Badhna Village

Lag Badhna is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 222 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lag Badhna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lag Badhna village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177103
Area (hectares)	230.62 hectares
Population	459
Male Population	222
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lag Badhna compares

By the 2011 count Lag Badhna is the 94th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 230.62 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Lag Badhna

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

Lag Badhna lies about 34 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chintpurni Marg, about 15 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 Lag Badhna
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Chintpurni Marg	15 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	32 km
District headquarters	Kangra	34 km

Villages closest to Lag Badhna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Lag Badhna

As per the Census of India 2011, Lag Badhna village had a population of 459. That makes it the 94th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Lag Badhna village has 222 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lag Badhna has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Lag Badhna is 177103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lag Badhna covers 230.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lag Badhna falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lag Badhna is Chintpurni Marg, about 15 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 Lag Badhna.

Lag Badhna is about 34 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lag Badhna is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 9.7 km away. Chintpurni Marg is about 15 km away. Talwāra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.