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About Lahur Village

Lahur is a mid sized village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 210 males and 306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,457 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lahur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lahur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 263632
Area (hectares) 426.42 hectares
Population 516
Male Population 210
Female Population 306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,457
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 Lahur compares

By the 2011 count Lahur is the 41st largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 426.42 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1098.

Getting to Lahur

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

Lahur lies about 34 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 99 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 Lahur
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 16 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 34 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 58 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 99 km

Villages closest to Lahur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lahur village had a population of 516. That makes it the 41st largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Lahur village has 210 males and 306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lahur has about 1457 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Lahur is 263632. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lahur covers 426.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lahur falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Lahur is Kathgodam, about 99 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 Lahur.

Lahur is about 34 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lahur is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 16 km away. Bageshwar is about 34 km away. Pithorāgarh 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 Barmati (under 2 km), Harkot (1.7 km) and Nir Nagela (1.8 km).

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

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