About Lachkan Village

Lachkan is a mid sized village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 729, made up of 343 males and 386 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lachkan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lachkan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Tisri
Pincode	815317
Area (hectares)	155 hectares
Population	729
Male Population	343
Female Population	386
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,125
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 Lachkan compares

By the 2011 count Lachkan is the 38th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 155 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Lachkan

Lachkan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lachkan 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 Lachkan from other places

Lachkan lies about 56 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, 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 Lachkan
Tehsil headquarters	Tisri	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	20 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	43 km
District headquarters	Giridih	56 km

Villages closest to Lachkan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lachkan village had a population of 729. That makes it the 38th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Lachkan village has 343 males and 386 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lachkan has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Lachkan is 815317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lachkan covers 155 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lachkan falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lachkan is Dhanwar, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Lachkan.

Lachkan is about 56 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lachkan is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 7.3 km away. Dhanwar is about 20 km away. Jamūī is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.