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About Lathial Village

Lathial is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 116 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176058, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lathial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lathial village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Fatehpur
Pincode 176058
Area (hectares) 257.02 hectares
Population 217
Male Population 116
Female Population 101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lathial compares

By the 2011 count Lathial is the 87th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 257.02 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Lathial

Lathial is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lathial as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Lathial from other places

Lathial lies about 36 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Harsar Dehri, about 17 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 Lathial
Nearest town Talwāra 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 10 km
Nearest railway station Harsar Dehri 17 km
District headquarters Kangra 36 km

Villages closest to Lathial

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lathial village had a population of 217. That makes it the 87th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Lathial village has 116 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lathial has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Lathial is 176058. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lathial covers 257.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lathial falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lathial is Harsar Dehri, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lathial.

Lathial is about 36 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lathial is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 9.0 km away. Fatehpur is about 10 km away. Harsar Dehri is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ratriar (under 2 km), Kasial (2.0 km) and Chhatral (2.1 km).

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

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