About Lahar Village

Lahar is a mid sized village in Maharajpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 711, made up of 389 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325.98 hectares hectares.

Lahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lahar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Maharajpur
Area (hectares)	325.98 hectares
Population	711
Male Population	389
Female Population	322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
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 Lahar compares

By the 2011 count Lahar is the 33rd largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 325.98 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Lahar

Lahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lahar 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 Lahar from other places

Lahar lies about 19 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 23 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	Maharajpur	12 km
Nearest town	Mahārājpur	12 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur	23 km

Villages closest to Lahar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maharajpur 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 711. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Lahar village has 389 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lahar has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Lahar covers 325.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Lahar is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 23 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 Lahar.

Lahar is about 19 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 Maharajpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Maharajpur is about 12 km away. Mahārājpur is about 12 km away. Chhatarpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.