About Latdag Village

Latdag is a large village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,775, made up of 1,960 males and 1,815 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 770.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Latdag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Latdag village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822133
Area (hectares)	770.2 hectares
Population	3,775
Male Population	1,960
Female Population	1,815
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Latdag compares

By the 2011 count Latdag is the 9th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 770.2 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Latdag

Latdag is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Latdag 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Latdag from other places

Latdag lies about 16 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 5.4 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 Latdag
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	5.4 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	16 km

Villages closest to Latdag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Latdag village had a population of 3,775. That makes it the 9th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Latdag village has 1,960 males and 1,815 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Latdag has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Latdag is 822133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Latdag covers 770.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Latdag falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Latdag is Meralgram, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Latdag.

Latdag is about 16 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Latdag is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meral is about 5.2 km away. Meralgram is about 5.4 km away. Garhwa is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.