About Laga Village

Laga is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 20 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laga village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	173219
Area (hectares)	18.96 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	20
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	750
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Laga compares

By the 2011 count Laga is the 419th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 18.96 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Laga

Laga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Laga as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Laga from other places

Laga lies about 7.7 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Shoghi railway station, about 2.1 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 Laga
Nearest railway station	Shoghi railway station	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	7.7 km
District headquarters	Shimla	7.7 km

Villages closest to Laga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Laga

As per the Census of India 2011, Laga village had a population of 35. That makes it the 419th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Laga village has 20 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laga has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Laga is 173219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laga covers 18.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Laga falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Laga is Shoghi railway station, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Laga is about 7.7 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laga is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shoghi railway station is about 2.1 km away. Shimla Rural is about 7.7 km away. Shimla is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.