About Lakhwar Village

Lakhwar is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 386, made up of 197 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 605.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lakhwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakhwar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	605.22 hectares
Population	386
Male Population	197
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lakhwar compares

By the 2011 count Lakhwar is the 29th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 605.22 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Lakhwar

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

Lakhwar lies about 25 km from Dehradun. 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 Lakhwar
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	7.7 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	16 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	25 km

Villages closest to Lakhwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakhwar village had a population of 386. That makes it the 29th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Lakhwar village has 197 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakhwar has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Lakhwar is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lakhwar covers 605.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lakhwar falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Lakhwar notes the nearest railway station 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 Lakhwar.

Lakhwar is about 25 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakhwar is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 7.7 km away. Mussoorie is about 16 km away. Dehradun is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.