About Laroka Village

Laroka is a large village in Nowshehra tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,357, made up of 1,227 males and 1,130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1819.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laroka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laroka village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Nowshehra
Pincode	184155
Area (hectares)	1819.5 hectares
Population	2,357
Male Population	1,227
Female Population	1,130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
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 Laroka compares

By the 2011 count Laroka is the 9th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 1819.5 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Laroka

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

Laroka lies about 33 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 78 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 Laroka
Tehsil headquarters	Nowshehra	16 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	25 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	33 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	78 km

Villages closest to Laroka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laroka village had a population of 2,357. That makes it the 9th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Laroka village has 1,227 males and 1,130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laroka has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Laroka is 184155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laroka covers 1819.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Laroka falls under Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Laroka is Dugga, about 78 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 Laroka.

Laroka is about 33 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laroka is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 16 km away. Rajaori is about 25 km away. Rajouri is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.