About Lam Village

Lam is a mid sized village in Nowshehra tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,919, made up of 959 males and 960 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1238.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Nowshehra
Pincode	184155
Area (hectares)	1238.4 hectares
Population	1,919
Male Population	959
Female Population	960
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,001
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lam compares

By the 2011 count Lam is the 12th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 1238.4 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 926.

Getting to Lam

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

How far is Lam from other places

Lam lies about 30 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 76 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 Lam
Tehsil headquarters	Nowshehra	15 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	22 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	30 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	76 km

Villages closest to Lam

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 Lam

As per the Census of India 2011, Lam village had a population of 1,919. That makes it the 12th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Lam village has 959 males and 960 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lam has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

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

Lam covers 1238.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Lam is Dugga, about 76 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 village for Lam.

Lam is about 30 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lam is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 15 km away. Rajaori is about 22 km away. Rajouri is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.