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About Losan Village

Losan is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 103, made up of 37 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Losan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Losan village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246128
Area (hectares) 84.05 hectares
Population 103
Male Population 37
Female Population 66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,784
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Losan compares

By the 2011 count Losan is the 259th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 84.05 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1243.

Getting to Losan

Losan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Losan as Available within <5 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 Losan from other places

Losan lies about 6.0 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 16 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 Losan
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 5.7 km
District headquarters Garhwal 6.0 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 16 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 16 km

Villages closest to Losan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Losan village had a population of 103. That makes it the 259th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Losan village has 37 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Losan has about 1784 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Losan is 246128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Losan covers 84.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Losan falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Losan is Kotdwara, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Losan.

Losan is about 6.0 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Losan is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 5.7 km away. Garhwal is about 6.0 km away. Kotdwāra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirsawal Gaon (under 2 km), Maletha (under 2 km) and Simalsaira (under 2 km).

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

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