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About Lanka Village

Lanka is a small village in Balijan tehsil, in the district of Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 94 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.5 hectares hectares.

Lanka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lanka village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Papum Pare
Tehsil Balijan
Area (hectares) 43.5 hectares
Population 184
Male Population 94
Female Population 90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Lanka compares

By the 2011 count Lanka is the 14th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 257 residents. Its 43.5 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Lanka

The census records public bus service for Lanka as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Hollongi Karbi, Hollongi Nishi, Jumi and Kokila. 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 Lanka

As per the Census of India 2011, Lanka village had a population of 184. That makes it the 14th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 257 residents.

Lanka village has 94 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lanka has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1057.

Lanka covers 43.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lanka falls under Balijan tehsil of Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The census record for Lanka notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Lanka.

Lanka is in Balijan tehsil of Papum Pare 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 Lanka today is likely to be higher.

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