About Lingagiri Village

Lingagiri is a small village in Usur tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 160 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494447, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lingagiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lingagiri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Usur
Pincode	494447
Area (hectares)	491.03 hectares
Population	336
Male Population	160
Female Population	176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lingagiri compares

By the 2011 count Lingagiri is the 57th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 453 residents. Its 491.03 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Lingagiri

Lingagiri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lingagiri as Available. 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 Lingagiri from other places

Lingagiri lies about 28 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 35 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 Lingagiri
Tehsil headquarters	Usur	22 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	35 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	37 km

Villages closest to Lingagiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lingagiri village had a population of 336. That makes it the 57th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 453 residents.

Lingagiri village has 160 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lingagiri has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Lingagiri is 494447. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lingagiri covers 491.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lingagiri falls under Usur tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Lingagiri is Kirandul, about 35 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lingagiri.

Lingagiri is about 28 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lingagiri is in Usur tehsil of Bijapur district. Usur is about 22 km away. Bijapur is about 28 km away. Kirandul is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.