About Lath Village

Lath is a small village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 101 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,139 females per 1000 males. The village covers 416 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lath Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lath village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	416 hectares
Population	216
Male Population	101
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,139
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lath compares

By the 2011 count Lath is the 43rd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 416 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Lath

Lath is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lath as Available within 5 - 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 Lath from other places

Lath lies about 19 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kusmahi, about 19 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 Lath
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kusmahi	19 km
District headquarters	Latehar	19 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	19 km

Villages closest to Lath

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lath village had a population of 216. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Lath village has 101 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lath has about 1139 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Lath is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lath covers 416 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lath falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lath is Kusmahi, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lath.

Lath is about 19 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lath is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 6.8 km away. Kusmahi is about 19 km away. Latehar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.