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About Langriyal Village

Langriyal is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 217 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Langriyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Langriyal village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184142
Area (hectares) 212 hectares
Population 393
Male Population 217
Female Population 176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 811
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Langriyal compares

By the 2011 count Langriyal is the 105th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 212 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 904.

Getting to Langriyal

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

How far is Langriyal from other places

Langriyal lies about 24 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about under 2 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 Langriyal
Nearest railway station Chak Dayala under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 4.0 km
Nearest town Sāmba 20 km
District headquarters Kathua 24 km

Villages closest to Langriyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Langriyal village had a population of 393. That makes it the 105th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Langriyal village has 217 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Langriyal has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Langriyal is 184142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Langriyal covers 212 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Langriyal falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Langriyal is Chak Dayala, about under 2 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 village for Langriyal.

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

Langriyal is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Chak Dayala is about under 2 km away. Hiranagar is about 4.0 km away. Sāmba is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Diyalla (under 2 km), Pathwal (under 2 km) and Chak Bannun (under 2 km).

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

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