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About Legrath Village

Legrath is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 78 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,295 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Legrath Overview

Census 2011 figures for Legrath village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249131
Area (hectares) 51.54 hectares
Population 179
Male Population 78
Female Population 101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,295
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 Legrath compares

By the 2011 count Legrath is the 163rd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 51.54 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Legrath

Legrath is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Legrath 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 Legrath from other places

Legrath lies about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 31 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 Legrath
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 16 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 16 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 31 km

Villages closest to Legrath

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Legrath village had a population of 179. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Legrath village has 78 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Legrath has about 1295 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Legrath is 249131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Legrath covers 51.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Legrath falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Legrath is Harrawala, about 31 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 Legrath.

Legrath is about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Legrath is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 16 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 16 km away. Harrawala is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tikhon (under 2 km), Barnu (under 2 km) and Neri (1.7 km).

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

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