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Revenue village·Tejam tehsil·Pithoragarh

Laa

लाअ
Tejam mandal
Pincode 262553
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
mamta devi
Contact: 73****3688
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LGD code
48979
Pincode
262553
Post office
Tejam
Population
86
Households
20
Literacy rate
55.8%
Sex ratio
1324 ♀/1000♂
Workers
43
Distance to district centre
22 km
Distance to mandal centre
4 km
Distance to Dehradun
164 km
Distance to Delhi
296 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Berkandai Tharali Hospital · 22 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Laa compares

By population, Laa ranks #60 of 92 villages in Tejam mandal.

Literacy rate
%
55.8%
−7.6% vs mandal average
Laa
55.8%
Tejam mandal
63.4%
Pithoragarh district
71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,324
+229 vs mandal average
Laa
1,324
Tejam mandal
1,095
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
Laa
4.3
Tejam mandal
4.2

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Laa at a glance

Laa is a village of 86 people in 20 households (Census 2011) in Tejam tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 60th-largest of 92 villages in Tejam tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,324 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Pithoragarh district centre, 44 km from Sirauli, the nearest town (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262553, served by Tejam post office; the LGD village code is 48979. The nearest hospital or health centre is Berkandai Tharali Hospital, 22 km away. The sarpanch is mamta devi , and the village votes in Tharali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhupal Ram Tamta. The population is estimated at 101 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Dafa

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Laa · this village8656%
Lod · Tejam31157%0 km N
Kheta · Tejam3040%1.6 km W
Ghes · Dewal70271%1.6 km W
Supadhar · Tejam2759%3.9 km SW
Balan · Dewal73267%4.7 km NW
Udaipur · Pokhari2157%5.9 km SE

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Key facts — Laa

LGD code
48979
Pincode
262553
Post office
Tejam
Population (Census 2011)
86
Population (projected 2026)
101
Households
20
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1324
Literacy rate
55.8%
Coordinates
30.12697°N, 79.72040°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Garhwal
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Tharali
Member of Parliament
Anil Baluni
Member of Legislative Assembly
Bhupal Ram Tamta
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
mamta devi
Block / Mandal
Tejam
Getting there

How to reach Laa

Mandal centre
Tejam · ≈ 3.9 km
≈ 8 min by car · 9 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Pithoragarh · ≈ 22 km
≈ 45 min by car · 53 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 18,600 people
Sirauli · ≈ 44 km
≈ 1 h 31 min by car · 1 h 48 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun164 kmcapital
  • Delhi296 km
  • Kolkata1202 km
  • Mumbai1409 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Hospital / PHCBerkandai Tharali Hospital22 km
  • ATM / bankUttarakhand Gramin Bank27 km
  • CollegeGovt Post Graduate College32 km
  • Police stationMilitary border48 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Laa

1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.

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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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