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About Lot Village

Lot is a small village in Lahul tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 90 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,133 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lot village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil Lahul
Pincode 175133
Area (hectares) 39.79 hectares
Population 192
Male Population 90
Female Population 102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,133
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lot compares

By the 2011 count Lot is the 12th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 39.79 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Lot

Lot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Lot from other places

Lot lies about 112 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 28 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 Lot
Tehsil headquarters Lahul 12 km
Nearest railway station Amb Andaura 28 km
Nearest town Nangal 44 km
District headquarters Lahul and Spiti 112 km

Villages closest to Lot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lot village had a population of 192. That makes it the 12th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Lot village has 90 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lot has about 1133 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Lot is 175133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lot covers 39.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lot falls under Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lot is Amb Andaura, about 28 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 10+ km distance for Lot.

Lot is about 112 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lot is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Lahul is about 12 km away. Amb Andaura is about 28 km away. Nangal is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chharzi (1.5 km), Kharchad Kogma (1.5 km) and Kharchud Yongma (1.5 km).

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

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