About Lanjot Village

Lanjot is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 436, made up of 222 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lanjot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lanjot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176205
Area (hectares)	96.83 hectares
Population	436
Male Population	222
Female Population	214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lanjot compares

By the 2011 count Lanjot is the 53rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 96.83 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 1046.

Getting to Lanjot

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

Lanjot lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Meghrajpura, about 7.9 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 Lanjot
Nearest railway station	Meghrajpura	7.9 km
District headquarters	Kangra	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	12 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	20 km

Villages closest to Lanjot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lanjot village had a population of 436. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Lanjot village has 222 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lanjot has about 964 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 1046.

The pincode recorded for Lanjot is 176205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lanjot covers 96.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lanjot falls under Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lanjot is Meghrajpura, about 7.9 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 Lanjot.

Lanjot is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lanjot is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Meghrajpura is about 7.9 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Shahpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.