About Lapta Village

Lapta is a small village in Kuchai tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 208 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lapta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lapta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Kuchai
Pincode	833101
Area (hectares)	208 hectares
Population	396
Male Population	208
Female Population	188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lapta compares

By the 2011 count Lapta is the 61st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 208 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Lapta

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

Lapta lies about 19 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 10 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 Lapta
Tehsil headquarters	Kuchai	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Rajkharsawan Junction	10 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	19 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	20 km

Villages closest to Lapta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lapta village had a population of 396. That makes it the 61st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Lapta village has 208 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lapta has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Lapta is 833101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lapta covers 208 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lapta falls under Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lapta is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 10 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 - 10 km distance for Lapta.

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

Lapta is in Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kuchai is about 3.6 km away. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 10 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.