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About Lat Village

Lat is a mid sized village in Badoda tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 602, made up of 322 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206 hectares hectares.

Lat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lat village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Badoda
Area (hectares) 206 hectares
Population 602
Male Population 322
Female Population 280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lat compares

By the 2011 count Lat is the 52nd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 206 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 910.

Getting to Lat

Lat is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Lat as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Lat from other places

Lat lies about 12 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Sheopur Kalan, about 13 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 Lat
Tehsil headquarters Badoda 9.4 km
District headquarters Sheopur 12 km
Nearest railway station Sheopur Kalan 13 km

Villages closest to Lat

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

Common questions about Lat

As per the Census of India 2011, Lat village had a population of 602. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Lat village has 322 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lat has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Lat covers 206 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lat falls under Badoda tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lat is Sheopur Kalan, about 13 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 <5 km distance for Lat.

Lat is about 12 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lat is in Badoda tehsil of Sheopur district. Badoda is about 9.4 km away. Sheopur is about 12 km away. Sheopur Kalan is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Latawni (under 2 km), Talawda (1.7 km) and Dhondpur (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lat today is likely to be higher.

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