About Lodan Village

Lodan is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 257, made up of 143 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249171, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lodan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lodan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249171
Area (hectares)	201.9 hectares
Population	257
Male Population	143
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	797
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 Lodan compares

By the 2011 count Lodan is the 97th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 201.9 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 983.

Getting to Lodan

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

Lodan lies about 32 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 39 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 Lodan
Nearest town	Mussoorie	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	25 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	32 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	39 km

Villages closest to Lodan

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

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Common questions about Lodan

As per the Census of India 2011, Lodan village had a population of 257. That makes it the 97th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Lodan village has 143 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lodan has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Lodan is 249171. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lodan covers 201.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lodan falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Lodan is Dehradun, about 39 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 Lodan.

Lodan is about 32 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lodan is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mussoorie is about 23 km away. Rajgarhi is about 25 km away. Uttarkashi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.