About Lat Village

Lat is a mid sized village in Barwadih tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,215, made up of 631 males and 584 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lat village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Barwadih
Pincode	829204
Area (hectares)	433 hectares
Population	1,215
Male Population	631
Female Population	584
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 10+ km distance

How Lat compares

By the 2011 count Lat is the 29th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 433 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 972.

Getting to Lat

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

How far is Lat from other places

Lat lies about 37 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Chhipadohar, about 13 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 Lat
Nearest railway station	Chhipadohar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barwadih	16 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	37 km
District headquarters	Latehar	37 km

Villages closest to Lat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lat village had a population of 1,215. That makes it the 29th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Lat village has 631 males and 584 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lat has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Lat is 829204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lat covers 433 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lat falls under Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lat is Chhipadohar, about 13 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 village for Lat.

Lat is about 37 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lat is in Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district. Chhipadohar is about 13 km away. Barwadih is about 16 km away. Medininagar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.