About Langja Village

Langja is a small village in Spiti tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 82 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 421.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Langja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Langja village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Spiti
Pincode	172117
Area (hectares)	421.8 hectares
Population	158
Male Population	82
Female Population	76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Langja compares

By the 2011 count Langja is the 29th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 152 residents. Its 421.8 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Langja

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

Langja lies about 101 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 121 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 Langja
Tehsil headquarters	Spiti	26 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	101 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	121 km
Nearest town	Mandi	127 km

Villages closest to Langja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Langja village had a population of 158. That makes it the 29th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 152 residents.

Langja village has 82 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Langja has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Langja is 172117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Langja covers 421.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Langja is Zero Point, about 121 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 Langja.

Langja is about 101 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.

Langja is in Spiti tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Spiti is about 26 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 101 km away. Zero Point is about 121 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.