About Leithum Village

Leithum is a mid sized village in Khawbung tehsil, in the district of Champhai, Mizoram. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 546, made up of 269 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 796320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Leithum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Leithum village
Description	Value
State	Mizoram
District	Champhai
Tehsil	Khawbung
Pincode	796320
Population	546
Male Population	269
Female Population	277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
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 Leithum compares

By the 2011 count Leithum is the 14th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Leithum

Leithum is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Leithum 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 Leithum from other places

Leithum lies about 34 km from Champhai, and the nearest railway station is Sairang, about 88 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 Leithum
Tehsil headquarters	Khawbung	9.5 km
District headquarters	Champhai	34 km
Nearest town	Ngūr	34 km
Nearest railway station	Sairang	88 km

Villages closest to Leithum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Leithum village had a population of 546. That makes it the 14th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Leithum village has 269 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Leithum has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Leithum is 796320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Leithum falls under Khawbung tehsil of Champhai district in Mizoram.

The nearest railway station to Leithum is Sairang, about 88 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 Leithum.

Leithum is about 34 km from Champhai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Leithum is in Khawbung tehsil of Champhai district. Khawbung is about 9.5 km away. Champhai is about 34 km away. Ngūr is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.