About Lachog Village

Lachog is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 125, made up of 65 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lachog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lachog village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	97 hectares
Population	125
Male Population	65
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lachog compares

By the 2011 count Lachog is the 115th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 97 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Lachog

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

Lachog lies about 50 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 Lachog
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	16 km
District headquarters	Shimla	50 km

Villages closest to Lachog

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lachog village had a population of 125. That makes it the 115th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Lachog village has 65 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lachog has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Lachog is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lachog covers 97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lachog falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Lachog 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 Lachog.

Lachog is about 50 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lachog is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 16 km away. Shimla is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.