About Luhand Village

Luhand is a small village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 169 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Luhand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Luhand village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Patiala
Tehsil	Rajpura
Pincode	147001
Area (hectares)	121 hectares
Population	316
Male Population	169
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
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 Luhand compares

By the 2011 count Luhand is the 202nd largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Luhand

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

Luhand lies about 35 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Shambhu, about 5.7 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 Luhand
Nearest railway station	Shambhu	5.7 km
Nearest town	Lālru	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpura	12 km
District headquarters	Patiala	35 km

Villages closest to Luhand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Luhand village had a population of 316. That makes it the 202nd largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Luhand village has 169 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Luhand has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Luhand is 147001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Luhand covers 121 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Luhand falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Luhand is Shambhu, about 5.7 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 Luhand.

Luhand is about 35 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Luhand is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Shambhu is about 5.7 km away. Lālru is about 8.2 km away. Rajpura is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.