About Lud Village

Lud is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 651, made up of 321 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1132.73 hectares hectares.

Lud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lud village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	1132.73 hectares
Population	651
Male Population	321
Female Population	330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lud compares

By the 2011 count Lud is the 132nd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 1132.73 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Lud

Lud is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lud 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 Lud from other places

Lud lies about 32 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 31 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 Lud
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	25 km
Nearest town	Malajkhand	30 km
Nearest railway station	Dhapewara	31 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	32 km

Villages closest to Lud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lud village had a population of 651. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Lud village has 321 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lud has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Lud covers 1132.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lud falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lud is Dhapewara, about 31 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 Lud.

Lud is about 32 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lud is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 25 km away. Malajkhand is about 30 km away. Dhapewara is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.