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About Lalotana Village

Lalotana is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 395, made up of 191 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249180, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lalotana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lalotana village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249180
Area (hectares) 238.18 hectares
Population 395
Male Population 191
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,068
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lalotana compares

By the 2011 count Lalotana is the 54th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 238.18 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1004.

Getting to Lalotana

Lalotana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lalotana as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Lalotana from other places

Lalotana lies about 38 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 25 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 Lalotana
Nearest town Mussoorie 9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 17 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 25 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 38 km

Villages closest to Lalotana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lalotana village had a population of 395. That makes it the 54th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Lalotana village has 191 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lalotana has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Lalotana is 249180. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lalotana covers 238.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lalotana falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Lalotana is Dehradun, about 25 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Lalotana.

Lalotana is about 38 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lalotana is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 9.3 km away. Dhanaulti is about 17 km away. Dehradun is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khyarsi (under 2 km), Tikari (1.5 km) and Sunau (2.4 km).

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

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