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About Sulung Lahar Village

Sulung Lahar is a small village in Jhalda II tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 337, made up of 178 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sulung Lahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sulung Lahar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Jhalda II
Pincode 723215
Area (hectares) 141.86 hectares
Population 337
Male Population 178
Female Population 159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
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 Sulung Lahar compares

By the 2011 count Sulung Lahar is the 101st largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,153 residents. Its 141.86 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Sulung Lahar

Sulung Lahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sulung 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 Sarjumhatu, Shalgram, Shoshodi and Shyampur. 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 Sulung Lahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sulung Lahar village had a population of 337. That makes it the 101st largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,153 residents.

Sulung Lahar village has 178 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sulung Lahar has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Sulung Lahar is 723215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sulung Lahar covers 141.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sulung Lahar falls under Jhalda II tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Sulung 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 Sulung Lahar.

Sulung Lahar is in Jhalda II 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 Sulung Lahar today is likely to be higher.

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