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About Luhan Village

Luhan is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 113, made up of 56 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Luhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Luhan village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Kalsi
Pincode 248158
Area (hectares) 230.71 hectares
Population 113
Male Population 56
Female Population 57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Luhan compares

By the 2011 count Luhan is the 127th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 230.71 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Luhan

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

Luhan lies about 26 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 Luhan
Tehsil headquarters Kalsi 9.3 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 16 km
District headquarters Dehradun 26 km

Villages closest to Luhan

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.

Common questions about Luhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Luhan village had a population of 113. That makes it the 127th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Luhan village has 56 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Luhan has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

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

Luhan covers 230.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Luhan falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Luhan 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 Luhan.

Luhan is about 26 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Luhan is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 9.3 km away. Mussoorie is about 16 km away. Dehradun is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bansu (under 2 km), Khadin (under 2 km) and Singouta (under 2 km).

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

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