About Lar Village

Lar is a mid sized village in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil, in the district of Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,126, made up of 603 males and 523 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Reasi
Tehsil	Gool Gulabgarh
Pincode	182315
Area (hectares)	343.2 hectares
Population	1,126
Male Population	603
Female Population	523
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
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 Lar compares

By the 2011 count Lar is the 41st largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents. Its 343.2 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Lar

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

Lar lies about 21 km from Reasi, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 20 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 Lar
Tehsil headquarters	Gool Gulabgarh	2.4 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	20 km
District headquarters	Reasi	21 km
Nearest town	Akhnūr	40 km

Villages closest to Lar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gool Gulabgarh 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 Lar

As per the Census of India 2011, Lar village had a population of 1,126. That makes it the 41st largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Lar village has 603 males and 523 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lar has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Lar is 182315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lar covers 343.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lar falls under Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Lar is Dugga, about 20 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 Lar.

Lar is about 21 km from Reasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lar is in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district. Gool Gulabgarh is about 2.4 km away. Dugga is about 20 km away. Reasi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.