About Lahari Village

Lahari is a large village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,805, made up of 1,484 males and 1,321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1340 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lahari village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184203
Area (hectares)	1340 hectares
Population	2,805
Male Population	1,484
Female Population	1,321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lahari compares

By the 2011 count Lahari is the 18th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 1340 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Lahari

Lahari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lahari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Lahari from other places

Lahari lies about 37 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 31 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 Lahari
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	31 km
District headquarters	Kathua	37 km

Villages closest to Lahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lahari village had a population of 2,805. That makes it the 18th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Lahari village has 1,484 males and 1,321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lahari has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Lahari is 184203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lahari covers 1340 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lahari falls under Billawar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Lahari is Budhi, about 31 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lahari.

Lahari is about 37 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lahari is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Billawar is about 9.9 km away. Budhi is about 31 km away. Kathua is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.