Lalkuan | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Image Alt: | View from Lalkuan Junction railway station |
Pushpin Map: | India Uttarakhand#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttarakhand, India |
Coordinates: | 29.08°N 79.52°W[1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Uttarakhand |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nainital |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 371 |
Population Total: | 7644 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kumaoni |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Registration Plate: | UK-04 |
Lalkuan is a Nagar Panchayat in the Nainital district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
In the 2011 India census,[2] Lalkuan had a population of 7,644. Males constituted 55% of the population and females 45%. Lalkuan had an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 76% and female literacy was 74%. In Lalkuan, 12% of the population was under 6 years of age. Hindi, Kumauni and Punjabi are the main languages spoken there.
It is situated 80 km from Bareilly on Nainital Road, 24 km from Rudrapur, 6 km from Pantnagar Airport, and 16 km from Haldwani.