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About Lankajan Village

Lankajan is a large village in Hojai tehsil, in the district of Nagaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,483, made up of 1,734 males and 1,749 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 376.62 hectares hectares.

Lankajan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lankajan village
Description Value
State Assam
District Nagaon
Tehsil Hojai
Area (hectares) 376.62 hectares
Population 3,483
Male Population 1,734
Female Population 1,749
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Lankajan compares

By the 2011 count Lankajan is the 6th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents. Its 376.62 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Lankajan

Lankajan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lankajan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lankajan from other places

Lankajan lies about 55 km from Nagaon. 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 Lankajan
Nearest town Lanka under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Hojai 12 km
District headquarters Nagaon 55 km

Villages closest to Lankajan

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

Common questions about Lankajan

As per the Census of India 2011, Lankajan village had a population of 3,483. That makes it the 6th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents.

Lankajan village has 1,734 males and 1,749 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lankajan has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Lankajan covers 376.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Lankajan falls under Hojai tehsil of Nagaon district in Assam.

The census record for Lankajan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Lankajan is about 55 km from Nagaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lankajan is in Hojai tehsil of Nagaon district. Lanka is about under 2 km away. Hojai is about 12 km away. Nagaon is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhal Pukhuri (5.2 km), Itakhola (6.3 km) and Golaghatia Basti (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lankajan today is likely to be higher.

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