About Laksihan Village

Laksihan is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,160, made up of 569 males and 591 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laksihan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laksihan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	146108
Area (hectares)	207 hectares
Population	1,160
Male Population	569
Female Population	591
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Laksihan compares

By the 2011 count Laksihan is the 95th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 207 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Laksihan

Laksihan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Laksihan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Laksihan from other places

Laksihan lies about 24 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Saila Khurd, 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 Laksihan
Nearest railway station	Saila Khurd	13 km
Nearest town	Banga	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	22 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	24 km

Villages closest to Laksihan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laksihan village had a population of 1,160. That makes it the 95th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Laksihan village has 569 males and 591 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laksihan has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Laksihan is 146108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laksihan covers 207 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Laksihan falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Laksihan is Saila Khurd, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Laksihan.

Laksihan is about 24 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laksihan is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Saila Khurd is about 13 km away. Banga is about 15 km away. Garhshankar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.