About Laphu Village

Laphu is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 105 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laphu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laphu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171201
Area (hectares)	184.75 hectares
Population	217
Male Population	105
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Laphu compares

By the 2011 count Laphu is the 143rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 184.75 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Laphu

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

Laphu lies about 20 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 Laphu
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	5.4 km
District headquarters	Shimla	20 km

Villages closest to Laphu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laphu village had a population of 217. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Laphu village has 105 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laphu has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Laphu is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laphu covers 184.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Laphu falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Laphu 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 Laphu.

Laphu is about 20 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laphu is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 5.4 km away. Shimla is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.