About Langsi Village

Langsi is a small village in Joshimath tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 395, made up of 218 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246472, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Langsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Langsi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Joshimath
Pincode	246472
Area (hectares)	131.24 hectares
Population	395
Male Population	218
Female Population	177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	812
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Langsi compares

By the 2011 count Langsi is the 22nd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 319 residents. Its 131.24 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 903.

Getting to Langsi

Langsi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Langsi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Langsi from other places

Langsi lies about 17 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 122 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 Langsi
Tehsil headquarters	Joshimath	11 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	17 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	73 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	122 km

Villages closest to Langsi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Langsi village had a population of 395. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 319 residents.

Langsi village has 218 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Langsi has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Langsi is 246472. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Langsi covers 131.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Langsi falls under Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Langsi is Rishikesh, about 122 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Langsi.

Langsi is about 17 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Langsi is in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district. Joshimath is about 11 km away. Chamoli is about 17 km away. Srīnagar is about 73 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.