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About Lagma Village

Lagma is a mid sized village in Asarganj tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,181, made up of 627 males and 554 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232 hectares hectares.

Lagma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lagma village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Munger
Tehsil Asarganj
Area (hectares) 232 hectares
Population 1,181
Male Population 627
Female Population 554
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Lagma compares

By the 2011 count Lagma is the 21st largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents. Its 232 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Lagma

Lagma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lagma 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lagma from other places

Lagma lies about 29 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Ganganiyan, about 6.1 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 Lagma
Tehsil headquarters Asarganj 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Ganganiyan 6.1 km
Nearest town Sultānganj 9.6 km
District headquarters Munger 29 km

Villages closest to Lagma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lagma village had a population of 1,181. That makes it the 21st largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents.

Lagma village has 627 males and 554 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lagma has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

Lagma covers 232 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lagma falls under Asarganj tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Lagma is Ganganiyan, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Lagma.

Lagma is about 29 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lagma is in Asarganj tehsil of Munger district. Asarganj is about 4.2 km away. Ganganiyan is about 6.1 km away. Sultānganj is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mamai (under 2 km), Parsotimpur Satgharia (under 2 km) and Berain (under 2 km).

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

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