About Lakhanpur Village

Lakhanpur is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 973, made up of 482 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lakhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakhanpur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176201
Area (hectares)	408.79 hectares
Population	973
Male Population	482
Female Population	491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lakhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Lakhanpur is the 35th 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 408.79 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Lakhanpur

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

Lakhanpur lies about 51 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandwal, about 2.1 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 Lakhanpur
Nearest railway station	Kandwal	2.1 km
Nearest town	Mamun	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	12 km
District headquarters	Kangra	51 km

Villages closest to Lakhanpur

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.

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Common questions about Lakhanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakhanpur village had a population of 973. That makes it the 35th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Lakhanpur village has 482 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakhanpur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Lakhanpur is 176201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lakhanpur covers 408.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Lakhanpur is Kandwal, about 2.1 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 Lakhanpur.

Lakhanpur is about 51 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakhanpur is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Kandwal is about 2.1 km away. Mamun is about 6.2 km away. Nurpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.