About Lankajan Village

Lankajan is a small village in Lanka tehsil, in the district of Nagaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 141 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 782446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lankajan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lankajan village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Nagaon
Tehsil	Lanka
Pincode	782446
Area (hectares)	161.45 hectares
Population	271
Male Population	141
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Lankajan compares

By the 2011 count Lankajan is the 162nd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,678 residents. Its 161.45 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

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 village. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Lanka	under 2 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 Lanka 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 Lankajan

As per the Census of India 2011, Lankajan village had a population of 271. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,678 residents.

Lankajan village has 141 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lankajan has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Lankajan is 782446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lankajan covers 161.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lankajan falls under Lanka 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 village 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 Lanka tehsil of Nagaon district. Lanka is about under 2 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.