About Langasu Village

Langasu is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 365, made up of 175 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Langasu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Langasu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	97.83 hectares
Population	365
Male Population	175
Female Population	190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,086
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Langasu compares

By the 2011 count Langasu is the 30th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 97.83 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 1199.

Getting to Langasu

Langasu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Langasu 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 Langasu from other places

Langasu lies about 14 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 95 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 Langasu
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	6.4 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	14 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	48 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	95 km

Villages closest to Langasu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Langasu village had a population of 365. That makes it the 30th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Langasu village has 175 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Langasu has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Langasu is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Langasu covers 97.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Langasu falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Langasu is Kotdwara, about 95 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 Langasu.

Langasu is about 14 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Langasu is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 6.4 km away. Chamoli is about 14 km away. Srīnagar is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.