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About Laitara Village

Laitara is a large village in Kesinga tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,090, made up of 1,023 males and 1,067 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766012, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laitara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laitara village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Tehsil Kesinga
Pincode 766012
Area (hectares) 572 hectares
Population 2,090
Male Population 1,023
Female Population 1,067
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Laitara compares

By the 2011 count Laitara is the 9th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 572 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Laitara

Laitara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Laitara 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kumarpur, Kundabandha, Kundeijharan and Kurlupada. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Laitara

As per the Census of India 2011, Laitara village had a population of 2,090. That makes it the 9th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Laitara village has 1,023 males and 1,067 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laitara has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Laitara is 766012. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laitara covers 572 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Laitara falls under Kesinga tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The census record for Laitara notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Laitara.

Laitara is in Kesinga tehsil of Kalahandi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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