About Larot Village

Larot is a mid sized village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 300 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Larot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Larot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chirgaon
Pincode	171208
Area (hectares)	242.03 hectares
Population	579
Male Population	300
Female Population	279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Larot compares

By the 2011 count Larot is the 24th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 242.03 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Larot

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

Larot lies about 22 km from Shimla. 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 Larot
Tehsil headquarters	Chirgaon	22 km
District headquarters	Shimla	22 km

Villages closest to Larot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Larot village had a population of 579. That makes it the 24th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Larot village has 300 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Larot has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Larot is 171208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Larot covers 242.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Larot falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Larot notes the nearest railway station 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 Larot.

Larot is about 22 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Larot is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. Chirgaon is about 22 km away. Shimla is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.