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About Langtai Village

Langtai is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 426, made up of 200 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Langtai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Langtai village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Gairsain
Pincode 246440
Area (hectares) 107.58 hectares
Population 426
Male Population 200
Female Population 226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,130
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 Langtai compares

By the 2011 count Langtai is the 42nd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 107.58 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Langtai

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

Langtai lies about 34 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 78 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 Langtai
Tehsil headquarters Gairsain 9.2 km
District headquarters Chamoli 34 km
Nearest town Pauri 43 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 78 km

Villages closest to Langtai

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.

Common questions about Langtai

As per the Census of India 2011, Langtai village had a population of 426. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Langtai village has 200 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Langtai has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Langtai is 246440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Langtai covers 107.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Langtai falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Langtai is Kotdwara, about 78 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 Langtai.

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

Langtai is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 9.2 km away. Chamoli is about 34 km away. Pauri is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pajyana (under 2 km), Pajyana Kumar (under 2 km) and Pajyana Malla (under 2 km).

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

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