About Lelad Village

Lelad is a mid sized village in Saipung tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 274 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lelad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lelad village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Saipung
Pincode	793200
Population	552
Male Population	274
Female Population	278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lelad compares

By the 2011 count Lelad is the 23rd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 425 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Lelad

Lelad is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lelad as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Lelad from other places

Lelad lies about 14 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Ditokcherra, about 39 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 Lelad
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saipung	18 km
Nearest town	Jowai	34 km
Nearest railway station	Ditokcherra	39 km

Villages closest to Lelad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lelad village had a population of 552. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 425 residents.

Lelad village has 274 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lelad has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Lelad is 793200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lelad falls under Saipung tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Lelad is Ditokcherra, about 39 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 10+ km distance for Lelad.

Lelad is about 14 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lelad is in Saipung tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Jaintia Hills is about 14 km away. Saipung is about 18 km away. Jowai is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.