About Lahru Village

Lahru is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 51 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,373 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176092, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lahru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lahru village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176092
Area (hectares)	43.28 hectares
Population	121
Male Population	51
Female Population	70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,373
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lahru compares

By the 2011 count Lahru is the 59th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 43.28 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Lahru

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

Lahru lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 14 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 Lahru
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	2.6 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	34 km

Villages closest to Lahru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lahru village had a population of 121. That makes it the 59th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Lahru village has 51 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lahru has about 1373 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Lahru is 176092. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lahru covers 43.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lahru falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lahru is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 14 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 Lahru.

Lahru is about 26 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lahru is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 2.6 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.