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About Langah Village

Langah is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 205 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Langah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Langah village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 82 hectares
Population 419
Male Population 205
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,044
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Langah compares

By the 2011 count Langah is the 223rd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 82 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Langah

Langah is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Langah as Available within <5 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Langah from other places

Langah lies about 48 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghaunspur, about 1.7 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 Langah
Nearest railway station Ghaunspur 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 7.5 km
Nearest town Mukeriān 7.5 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 48 km

Villages closest to Langah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Langah village had a population of 419. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Langah village has 205 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Langah has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Langah is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Langah covers 82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Langah falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Langah is Ghaunspur, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Langah.

Langah is about 48 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Langah is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Ghaunspur is about 1.7 km away. Mukerian is about 7.5 km away. Mukeriān is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pind Sahibka (under 2 km), Umarpur (under 2 km) and Khanpur (1.7 km).

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

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