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About Laluka Village

Laluka is a small village in Berinag tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 48, made up of 29 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 655 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laluka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laluka village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Berinag
Pincode 262531
Area (hectares) 80.08 hectares
Population 48
Male Population 29
Female Population 19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 655
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 Laluka compares

By the 2011 count Laluka is the 205th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 183 residents. Its 80.08 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1140.

Getting to Laluka

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

Laluka lies about 29 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 78 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 Laluka
Tehsil headquarters Berinag 1.5 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 29 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 29 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 78 km

Villages closest to Laluka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laluka village had a population of 48. That makes it the 205th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 183 residents.

Laluka village has 29 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laluka has about 655 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1140.

The pincode recorded for Laluka is 262531. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laluka covers 80.08 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.

Laluka falls under Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Laluka is Kathgodam, about 78 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 Laluka.

Laluka is about 29 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laluka is in Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Berinag is about 1.5 km away. Pithoragarh is about 29 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dudariya Legga Jakh (under 2 km), Jakha Rawat (under 2 km) and Beri Nag (under 2 km).

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

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