About Lahnga Village

Lahnga is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 138 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lahnga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lahnga village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176061
Area (hectares)	66.95 hectares
Population	251
Male Population	138
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	819
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Lahnga compares

By the 2011 count Lahnga is the 245th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 66.95 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 1062.

Getting to Lahnga

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

Lahnga lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Palampur Himachal, about 7.1 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 Lahnga
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	2.0 km
Nearest railway station	Palampur Himachal	7.1 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	29 km

Villages closest to Lahnga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lahnga village had a population of 251. That makes it the 245th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Lahnga village has 138 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lahnga has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Lahnga is 176061. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lahnga covers 66.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lahnga falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lahnga is Palampur Himachal, about 7.1 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 for Lahnga.

Lahnga 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.

Lahnga is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Palampur is about 2.0 km away. Palampur Himachal is about 7.1 km away. Dharamsala is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.