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About Lai Village

Lai is a large village in Merta tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,012, made up of 1,050 males and 962 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1992.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lai village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Merta
Pincode 341511
Area (hectares) 1992.15 hectares
Population 2,012
Male Population 1,050
Female Population 962
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Lai compares

By the 2011 count Lai is the 47th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents. Its 1992.15 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Lai

Lai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Lai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lai from other places

Lai lies about 58 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Merta Road Junction, about 3.4 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 Lai
Nearest railway station Merta Road Junction 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Merta 11 km
District headquarters Nagaur 58 km

Villages closest to Lai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lai village had a population of 2,012. That makes it the 47th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents.

Lai village has 1,050 males and 962 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lai has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Lai is 341511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lai covers 1992.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lai falls under Merta tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Lai is Merta Road Junction, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Lai.

Lai is about 58 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lai is in Merta tehsil of Nagaur district. Merta Road Junction is about 3.4 km away. Merta is about 11 km away. Nagaur is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Merta Road (3.0 km), Poonjiyas (3.8 km) and Gangardi (4.0 km).

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

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