About Lata Kandar Village

Lata Kandar is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 702, made up of 364 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 269 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lata Kandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lata Kandar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	269 hectares
Population	702
Male Population	364
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
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 Lata Kandar compares

By the 2011 count Lata Kandar is the 62nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 269 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Lata Kandar

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

Lata Kandar lies about 35 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 1.5 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 Lata Kandar
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	1.5 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	35 km
District headquarters	Dumka	35 km

Villages closest to Lata Kandar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shikaripara 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 Lata Kandar

As per the Census of India 2011, Lata Kandar village had a population of 702. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Lata Kandar village has 364 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lata Kandar has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Lata Kandar is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lata Kandar covers 269 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lata Kandar falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lata Kandar is Harinsing, about 1.5 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 Lata Kandar.

Lata Kandar is about 35 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lata Kandar is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 1.5 km away. Rampur Hat is about 21 km away. Shikaripara is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.