About Lakhan Village

Lakhan is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 29, made up of 18 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 611 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lakhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakhan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246431
Area (hectares)	32.7 hectares
Population	29
Male Population	18
Female Population	11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	611
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 Lakhan compares

By the 2011 count Lakhan is the 204th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 32.7 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Lakhan

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

Lakhan lies about 45 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 77 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 Lakhan
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	17 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	45 km
Nearest town	Almora	50 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	77 km

Villages closest to Lakhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakhan village had a population of 29. That makes it the 204th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Lakhan village has 18 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakhan has about 611 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Lakhan is 246431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lakhan covers 32.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lakhan falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Lakhan is Ramnagar, about 77 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 Lakhan.

Lakhan is about 45 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakhan is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 17 km away. Chamoli is about 45 km away. Almora is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.