About Langar Village

Langar 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 1,334, made up of 690 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 390.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Langar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Langar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Nowshehra
Pincode	185151
Area (hectares)	390.1 hectares
Population	1,334
Male Population	690
Female Population	644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Langar compares

By the 2011 count Langar is the 27th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 390.1 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Langar

Langar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Langar as Available within village. 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 Langar from other places

Langar lies about 33 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 71 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 Langar
Tehsil headquarters	Nowshehra	5.9 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	27 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	33 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	71 km

Villages closest to Langar

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 Langar

As per the Census of India 2011, Langar village had a population of 1,334. That makes it the 27th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Langar village has 690 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Langar has about 933 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 Langar is 185151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Langar covers 390.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Langar is Dugga, about 71 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Langar.

Langar 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.

Langar is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 5.9 km away. Rajaori is about 27 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.