About Laharu Village

Laharu is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 63 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laharu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laharu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176031
Area (hectares)	24.61 hectares
Population	123
Male Population	63
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Laharu compares

By the 2011 count Laharu is the 103rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 24.61 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Laharu

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

Laharu lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 13 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 Laharu
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	11 km
Nearest railway station	Tripal	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	22 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	31 km

Villages closest to Laharu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laharu village had a population of 123. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

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

Working from the 2011 counts, Laharu has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Laharu is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laharu covers 24.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Laharu falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Laharu is Tripal, about 13 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 Laharu.

Laharu is about 22 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laharu is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 11 km away. Tripal is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.