About Lanja Village

Lanja is a small village in Komarada tehsil, in the district of Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 220, made up of 98 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,245 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 535521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lanja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lanja village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Tehsil	Komarada
Pincode	535521
Area (hectares)	40 hectares
Population	220
Male Population	98
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,245
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lanja compares

By the 2011 count Lanja is the 54th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 566 residents. Its 40 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1122.

Getting to Lanja

Lanja is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lanja as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lanja from other places

Lanja lies about 96 km from Vizianagaram, and the nearest railway station is Kuneru, about 10 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Lanja
Nearest railway station	Kuneru	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Komarada	16 km
Nearest town	Rāyagada	22 km
District headquarters	Vizianagaram	96 km

Villages closest to Lanja

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Komarada tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Lanja

As per the Census of India 2011, Lanja village had a population of 220. That makes it the 54th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 566 residents.

Lanja village has 98 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lanja has about 1245 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1122.

The pincode recorded for Lanja is 535521. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lanja covers 40 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lanja falls under Komarada tehsil of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lanja is Kuneru, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lanja.

Lanja is about 96 km from Vizianagaram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lanja is in Komarada tehsil of Vizianagaram district. Kuneru is about 10 km away. Komarada is about 16 km away. Rāyagada is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.