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About Laugaon Village

Laugaon is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 431, made up of 226 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laugaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laugaon village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Pincode 816106
Area (hectares) 90.41 hectares
Population 431
Male Population 226
Female Population 205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Laugaon compares

By the 2011 count Laugaon is the 169th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 90.41 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 1012.

Getting to Laugaon

Laugaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Laugaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Laugaon from other places

Laugaon lies about 22 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, about 18 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 Laugaon
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 8.2 km
Nearest railway station Banshlai Bridge 18 km
District headquarters Pakur 22 km

Villages closest to Laugaon

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

Common questions about Laugaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Laugaon village had a population of 431. That makes it the 169th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Laugaon village has 226 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laugaon has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Laugaon is 816106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laugaon covers 90.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Laugaon falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Laugaon is Banshlai Bridge, about 18 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 <5 km distance for Laugaon.

Laugaon is about 22 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laugaon is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 8.2 km away. Banshlai Bridge is about 18 km away. Pakur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalabari (under 2 km), Nurgitola (1.6 km) and Saristola (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Laugaon today is likely to be higher.

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