lakhua (Python)

Sub-millisecond reverse geocoding for India. Runs entirely in-memory — zero API calls, zero network, zero latency overhead.

Features

• 📍 converts lat, lon to city, state, optional district and pincode
• 🔢 supports direct H3 index lookup via geocode_h3()
• ↩️ parent-cell fallback (resolution 5 → 4) when exact cell has no data
• ⚡ data loaded once per process — all subsequent lookups are in-memory dict reads
• 🐛 optional debug mode traces load time and per-lookup timing
• 🔷 fully typed — dataclasses with py.typed marker included

Installation

pip install lakhua

Quick Start

from lakhua import geocode

result = geocode(28.6139, 77.2090)
if result:
    print(result.city, result.state)

API

Top-level functions (recommended)

geocode(lat: float, lon: float, options: Optional[GeocodeOptions] = None) -> Optional[GeocodeResult]
geocode_h3(h3_index: str, options: Optional[GeocodeOptions] = None) -> Optional[GeocodeResult]

These use the internal singleton geocoder — no class instantiation needed.

GeocodeOptions

from dataclasses import dataclass

@dataclass
class GeocodeOptions:
    resolution: int = 5       # H3 resolution for geocode(lat, lon)
    fallback: bool = True     # Walk up to parent resolution on miss
    debug: bool = False       # Print load and lookup timings

GeocodeResult

from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Optional

@dataclass(frozen=True)
class GeocodeResult:
    city: str
    state: str
    matched_h3: str            # H3 cell that matched (may be parent)
    matched_resolution: int    # Resolution of the matched cell
    district: Optional[str] = None
    pincode: Optional[str] = None

Returns None for invalid input or when no data exists for the given location.

Advanced class APIs

from lakhua import ReverseGeocoder, DataLoader

ReverseGeocoder.get_instance()
DataLoader.get_instance()

Use these only when you need explicit control — e.g. testing or custom singleton lifecycle.

Examples

Coordinate lookup

from lakhua import geocode

result = geocode(12.9716, 77.5946)  # Bengaluru
if result:
    print(result.city, result.state, result.pincode)

Direct H3 lookup

from lakhua import geocode_h3

result = geocode_h3("8560145bfffffff")
if result:
    print(result.city)

Debug mode

from lakhua import geocode, GeocodeOptions

result = geocode(19.076, 72.8777, GeocodeOptions(debug=True))
# prints load + lookup timings to stdout

Disable fallback

from lakhua import geocode, GeocodeOptions

result = geocode(28.6139, 77.2090, GeocodeOptions(fallback=False))
# only checks resolution 5, no parent lookup

Data Source and Indexing

• Indexing system: Uber H3
• Geographic source data: OpenStreetMap data by OpenStreetMap contributors
• Distribution model: precomputed JSON stores bundled with the package

Performance

• Data is loaded into memory once on first call.
• Each lookup is a single dict read — typically < 1ms.
• With fallback enabled, up to 2 dict reads (resolution 5, then 4).

Development

# install with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# run tests
pytest

# lint and format
ruff check .
ruff format .

# type check
mypy lakhua

License

MIT