About Lahar Village

Lahar is a mid sized village in Bijawar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,697, made up of 933 males and 764 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1625.84 hectares hectares.

Lahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lahar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Bijawar
Area (hectares)	1625.84 hectares
Population	1,697
Male Population	933
Female Population	764
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	819
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lahar compares

By the 2011 count Lahar is the 19th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 1625.84 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Lahar

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

Lahar lies about 37 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 27 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 Lahar
Tehsil headquarters	Bijawar	13 km
Nearest town	Bijāwar	13 km
Nearest railway station	Basari	27 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	37 km

Villages closest to Lahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lahar village had a population of 1,697. That makes it the 19th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Lahar village has 933 males and 764 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lahar has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

Lahar covers 1625.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lahar falls under Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lahar is Basari, about 27 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 Lahar.

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

Lahar is in Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bijawar is about 13 km away. Bijāwar is about 13 km away. Basari is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.