About Losain Village

Losain is a mid sized village in Atholi tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 540, made up of 270 males and 270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 845 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Losain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Losain village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
Tehsil	Atholi
Pincode	182204
Area (hectares)	845 hectares
Population	540
Male Population	270
Female Population	270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Losain compares

By the 2011 count Losain is the 15th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 673 residents. Its 845 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 924.

Getting to Losain

Losain is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Losain 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 Losain from other places

Losain lies about 56 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 109 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 Losain
Tehsil headquarters	Atholi	24 km
Nearest town	Padam	49 km
District headquarters	Kishtwar	56 km
Nearest railway station	Banihal	109 km

Villages closest to Losain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Losain village had a population of 540. That makes it the 15th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 673 residents.

Losain village has 270 males and 270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Losain has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Losain is 182204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Losain covers 845 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Losain falls under Atholi tehsil of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Losain is Banihal, about 109 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 Losain.

Losain is about 56 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Losain is in Atholi tehsil of Kishtwar district. Atholi is about 24 km away. Padam is about 49 km away. Kishtwar is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.