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About Laka Kiani Village

Laka Kiani is a small village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 490, made up of 244 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laka Kiani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laka Kiani village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Chirgaon
Pincode 171214
Area (hectares) 133 hectares
Population 490
Male Population 244
Female Population 246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Laka Kiani compares

By the 2011 count Laka Kiani is the 39th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Laka Kiani

Laka Kiani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Laka Kiani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kharot, Kharshali, Khasha Dhar and Kulgaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Laka Kiani

As per the Census of India 2011, Laka Kiani village had a population of 490. That makes it the 39th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Laka Kiani village has 244 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laka Kiani has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Laka Kiani is 171214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laka Kiani covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Laka Kiani falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Laka Kiani notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Laka Kiani.

Laka Kiani is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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