About Lau Village

Lau is a small village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 84, made up of 39 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144620, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lau village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
Tehsil	Sultanpur Lodhi
Pincode	144620
Area (hectares)	50.51 hectares
Population	84
Male Population	39
Female Population	45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,154
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 Lau compares

By the 2011 count Lau is the 136th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 50.51 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Lau

Lau is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lau 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lau from other places

Lau lies about 20 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Dudwindi, about 6.3 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 Lau
Nearest railway station	Dudwindi	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sultanpur Lodhi	6.6 km
District headquarters	Kapurthala	20 km
Nearest town	Kapurthala Town	20 km

Villages closest to Lau

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sultanpur Lodhi 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 Lau

As per the Census of India 2011, Lau village had a population of 84. That makes it the 136th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Lau village has 39 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lau has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Lau is 144620. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lau covers 50.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lau falls under Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Lau is Dudwindi, about 6.3 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Lau.

Lau is about 20 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lau is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district. Dudwindi is about 6.3 km away. Sultanpur Lodhi is about 6.6 km away. Kapurthala is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.