About Loh Village

Loh is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 43 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Fatehpur
Pincode	176023
Area (hectares)	35.61 hectares
Population	85
Male Population	43
Female Population	42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Loh compares

By the 2011 count Loh is the 159th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 35.61 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Loh

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

Loh lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 7.6 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 Loh
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehpur	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	7.6 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	29 km

Villages closest to Loh

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.

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Common questions about Loh

As per the Census of India 2011, Loh village had a population of 85. That makes it the 159th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Loh village has 43 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loh has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Loh is 176023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loh covers 35.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Loh is Jawanwala Shahr, about 7.6 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 Loh.

Loh is about 29 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loh is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Fatehpur is about 2.5 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 7.6 km away. Talwāra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.