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About Kota Lagga Meruwa Village

Kota Lagga Meruwa is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 5 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kota Lagga Meruwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kota Lagga Meruwa village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246127
Area (hectares) 37.45 hectares
Population 11
Male Population 5
Female Population 6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,200
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kota Lagga Meruwa compares

By the 2011 count Kota Lagga Meruwa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 37.45 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1139.

Getting to Kota Lagga Meruwa

Kota Lagga Meruwa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Kota Lagga Meruwa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Kota Lagga Meruwa from other places

Kota Lagga Meruwa lies about 6.2 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 17 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 Kota Lagga Meruwa
District headquarters Garhwal 6.2 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 17 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 17 km

Villages closest to Kota Lagga Meruwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotdwara 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 Kota Lagga Meruwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kota Lagga Meruwa village had a population of 11. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Kota Lagga Meruwa village has 5 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kota Lagga Meruwa has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Kota Lagga Meruwa is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kota Lagga Meruwa covers 37.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kota Lagga Meruwa falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kota Lagga Meruwa is Kotdwara, about 17 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kota Lagga Meruwa.

Kota Lagga Meruwa is about 6.2 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kota Lagga Meruwa is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 6.2 km away. Kotdwāra is about 17 km away. Kotdwara is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manpur (2.9 km), Meruwa (3.8 km) and Sarda Lagga Jogyana (4.0 km).

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

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