About Leelum Village

Leelum is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 25, made up of 16 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 562 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Leelum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Leelum village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262554
Area (hectares)	81.95 hectares
Population	25
Male Population	16
Female Population	9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	562
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 Leelum compares

By the 2011 count Leelum is the 192nd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 81.95 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1054.

Getting to Leelum

Leelum is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Leelum 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. The nearest villages by name are Kwiti, Laa, Ladigwar and Laspa. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Leelum

As per the Census of India 2011, Leelum village had a population of 25. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Leelum village has 16 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Leelum has about 562 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Leelum is 262554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Leelum covers 81.95 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.

Leelum falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

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

Leelum is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.