About Lag Thakran Village

Lag Thakran is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 97 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lag Thakran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lag Thakran village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177101
Area (hectares)	59.37 hectares
Population	199
Male Population	97
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lag Thakran compares

By the 2011 count Lag Thakran is the 61st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 59.37 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Lag Thakran

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

Lag Thakran lies about 13 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 4.7 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 Lag Thakran
Nearest railway station	Nagrota	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	7.6 km
District headquarters	Kangra	13 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	19 km

Villages closest to Lag Thakran

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rakkar 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 Lag Thakran

As per the Census of India 2011, Lag Thakran village had a population of 199. That makes it the 61st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Lag Thakran village has 97 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lag Thakran has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Lag Thakran is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lag Thakran covers 59.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lag Thakran falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lag Thakran is Nagrota, about 4.7 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 Lag Thakran.

Lag Thakran is about 13 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lag Thakran is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Nagrota is about 4.7 km away. Rakkar is about 7.6 km away. Kangra is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.