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About Nai Lotan Village

Nai Lotan is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 41 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 732 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nai Lotan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nai Lotan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Pachhad
Pincode 173024
Area (hectares) 159 hectares
Population 71
Male Population 41
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 732
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nai Lotan compares

By the 2011 count Nai Lotan is the 223rd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 159 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 951.

Getting to Nai Lotan

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

Nai Lotan lies about 24 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 18 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 Nai Lotan
Nearest railway station Barog 18 km
Nearest town Solan 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Pachhad 24 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 24 km

Villages closest to Nai Lotan

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

Common questions about Nai Lotan

As per the Census of India 2011, Nai Lotan village had a population of 71. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Nai Lotan village has 41 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nai Lotan has about 732 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Nai Lotan is 173024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nai Lotan covers 159 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nai Lotan falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nai Lotan is Barog, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Nai Lotan.

Nai Lotan is about 24 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nai Lotan is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Barog is about 18 km away. Solan is about 19 km away. Pachhad is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dingari Sarjet (1.5 km), Koti Charawag (1.7 km) and Ser Bharal (1.7 km).

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

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