About Laroya Village

Laroya is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 999, made up of 527 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laroya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laroya village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144507
Area (hectares)	167 hectares
Population	999
Male Population	527
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Laroya compares

By the 2011 count Laroya is the 138th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 167 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Laroya

Laroya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Laroya 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 Laroya from other places

Laroya lies about 8.7 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Khatkarkalan Jhandaji, about 9.3 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 Laroya
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	8.7 km
Nearest railway station	Khatkarkalan Jhandaji	9.3 km
Nearest town	Banga	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	14 km

Villages closest to Laroya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laroya village had a population of 999. That makes it the 138th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Laroya village has 527 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laroya has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Laroya is 144507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laroya covers 167 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Laroya falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Laroya is Khatkarkalan Jhandaji, about 9.3 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 Laroya.

Laroya is about 8.7 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laroya is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 8.7 km away. Khatkarkalan Jhandaji is about 9.3 km away. Banga is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.