About Lahar Village

Lahar is a small village in Buxwaha tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 106, made up of 63 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 683 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368 hectares hectares.

Lahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lahar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Buxwaha
Area (hectares)	368 hectares
Population	106
Male Population	63
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	683
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lahar compares

By the 2011 count Lahar is the 100th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 713 residents. Its 368 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 847.

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 village. 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 80 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Patharia, about 44 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	Buxwaha	12 km
Nearest town	Banda	36 km
Nearest railway station	Patharia	44 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	80 km

Villages closest to Lahar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Buxwaha 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 106. That makes it the 100th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 713 residents.

Lahar village has 63 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lahar has about 683 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 847.

Lahar covers 368 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Lahar is Patharia, about 44 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Lahar.

Lahar is about 80 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 Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Buxwaha is about 12 km away. Banda is about 36 km away. Patharia is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.