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About Giting Lahar Village

Giting Lahar is a mid sized village in Balarampur tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,797, made up of 903 males and 894 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giting Lahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giting Lahar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Balarampur
Pincode 723143
Area (hectares) 347.22 hectares
Population 1,797
Male Population 903
Female Population 894
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Giting Lahar compares

By the 2011 count Giting Lahar is the 24th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents. Its 347.22 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Giting Lahar

Giting Lahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Giting Lahar 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Garga, Genrua, Gergedih and Ghasidi. 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.

Common questions about Giting Lahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Giting Lahar village had a population of 1,797. That makes it the 24th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,284 residents.

Giting Lahar village has 903 males and 894 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giting Lahar has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Giting Lahar is 723143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giting Lahar covers 347.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Giting Lahar falls under Balarampur tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Giting Lahar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Giting Lahar.

Giting Lahar is in Balarampur tehsil of Puruliya 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.

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

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