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About Lerhaka Village

Lerhaka is a small village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 227, made up of 129 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 760 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.92 hectares hectares.

Lerhaka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lerhaka village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Chakia
Area (hectares) 100.92 hectares
Population 227
Male Population 129
Female Population 98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 760
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lerhaka compares

By the 2011 count Lerhaka is the 372nd largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 100.92 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 926.

Getting to Lerhaka

Lerhaka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lerhaka 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lerhaka from other places

Lerhaka lies about 39 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, about 31 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 Lerhaka
Tehsil headquarters Chakia 16 km
Nearest town Ahraura 26 km
Nearest railway station Khairahi 31 km
District headquarters Chandauli 39 km

Villages closest to Lerhaka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lerhaka village had a population of 227. That makes it the 372nd largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Lerhaka village has 129 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lerhaka has about 760 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Lerhaka covers 100.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lerhaka falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lerhaka is Khairahi, about 31 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 5 - 10 km distance for Lerhaka.

Lerhaka is about 39 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lerhaka is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Chakia is about 16 km away. Ahraura is about 26 km away. Khairahi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Suruhuria (2.9 km), Lauwari Khurd (4.8 km) and Ledawa Khurd (4.8 km).

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

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