About Langet Village

Langet is one of the larger villages in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,101, made up of 3,693 males and 2,408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 652 females per 1000 males. The village covers 618 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Langet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Langet village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193302
Area (hectares)	618 hectares
Population	6,101
Male Population	3,693
Female Population	2,408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	652
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Langet compares

By the 2011 count Langet is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 618 hectares work out to about 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Langet

Langet is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Langet as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Kunel, Lach, Lacham Pora and Lachi Pora. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Langet

As per the Census of India 2011, Langet village had a population of 6,101. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Langet village has 3,693 males and 2,408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Langet has about 652 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Langet is 193302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Langet covers 618 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Langet falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Langet notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Langet.

Langet is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.