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About Laser Village

Laser is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 113 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laser Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laser village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249105
Area (hectares) 91.22 hectares
Population 224
Male Population 113
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 982
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Laser compares

By the 2011 count Laser is the 117th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 91.22 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Laser

Laser is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Laser as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Laser from other places

Laser lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 27 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 Laser
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 18 km
Nearest town Tehri 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 24 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 27 km

Villages closest to Laser

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laser village had a population of 224. That makes it the 117th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Laser village has 113 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laser has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Laser is 249105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laser covers 91.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Laser falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Laser is Rishikesh, about 27 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Laser.

Laser is about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laser is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 18 km away. Tehri is about 18 km away. Narendranagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kirada (3.1 km), Gumal Gaon (3.8 km) and Pendars (3.9 km).

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

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