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About Langlahr Village

Langlahr is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 866, made up of 460 males and 406 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Langlahr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Langlahr village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176202
Area (hectares) 192.74 hectares
Population 866
Male Population 460
Female Population 406
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Langlahr compares

By the 2011 count Langlahr is the 46th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 192.74 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Langlahr

Langlahr is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Langlahr 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Langlahr from other places

Langlahr lies about 45 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 1.5 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 Langlahr
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 5.6 km
Nearest town Mamun 13 km
District headquarters Kangra 45 km

Villages closest to Langlahr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Langlahr village had a population of 866. That makes it the 46th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Langlahr village has 460 males and 406 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Langlahr has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Langlahr is 176202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Langlahr covers 192.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Langlahr falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Langlahr is Nurpur Road, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Langlahr.

Langlahr is about 45 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Langlahr is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur Road is about 1.5 km away. Nurpur is about 5.6 km away. Mamun is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gulahr Pur (under 2 km), Palahri (under 2 km) and Chhatroli Khas (under 2 km).

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

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