About Poth Lagga Dang Village

Poth Lagga Dang is a small village in Poornagiri tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 44, made up of 23 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poth Lagga Dang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poth Lagga Dang village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Poornagiri
Pincode	262523
Area (hectares)	16.4 hectares
Population	44
Male Population	23
Female Population	21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
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 Poth Lagga Dang compares

By the 2011 count Poth Lagga Dang is the 62nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 707 residents. Its 16.4 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Poth Lagga Dang

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

Poth Lagga Dang lies about 18 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 15 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 Poth Lagga Dang
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poornagiri	18 km
District headquarters	Champawat	18 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	44 km

Villages closest to Poth Lagga Dang

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Poornagiri 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 Poth Lagga Dang

As per the Census of India 2011, Poth Lagga Dang village had a population of 44. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 707 residents.

Poth Lagga Dang village has 23 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poth Lagga Dang has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Poth Lagga Dang is 262523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poth Lagga Dang covers 16.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Poth Lagga Dang falls under Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Poth Lagga Dang is Tanakpur, about 15 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 Poth Lagga Dang.

Poth Lagga Dang is about 18 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poth Lagga Dang is in Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district. Tanakpur is about 15 km away. Poornagiri is about 18 km away. Champawat is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.