About Laukuia Village

Laukuia is a small village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 130 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laukuia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laukuia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	92 hectares
Population	241
Male Population	130
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Laukuia compares

By the 2011 count Laukuia is the 189th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 92 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 945.

Getting to Laukuia

Laukuia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Laukuia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Laukuia from other places

Laukuia lies about 20 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Kawar, about 8.5 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 Laukuia
Nearest railway station	Kawar	8.5 km
District headquarters	Giridih	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	34 km

Villages closest to Laukuia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laukuia village had a population of 241. That makes it the 189th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Laukuia village has 130 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laukuia has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Laukuia is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laukuia covers 92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Laukuia falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Laukuia is Kawar, about 8.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Laukuia.

Laukuia is about 20 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laukuia is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Kawar is about 8.5 km away. Giridih is about 20 km away. Gande is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.