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About Lahanga Village

Lahanga is a mid sized village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,440, made up of 714 males and 726 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lahanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lahanga village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 240.99 hectares
Population 1,440
Male Population 714
Female Population 726
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Lahanga compares

By the 2011 count Lahanga is the 32nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 240.99 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Lahanga

Lahanga is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Lahanga as Available. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lahanga from other places

Lahanga lies about 27 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 3.1 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 Lahanga
Nearest railway station Baradwar 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 14 km
Nearest town Saktī 14 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 27 km

Villages closest to Lahanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lahanga village had a population of 1,440. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Lahanga village has 714 males and 726 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lahanga has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Lahanga is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lahanga covers 240.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lahanga falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Lahanga is Baradwar, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Lahanga is about 27 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lahanga is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Baradwar is about 3.1 km away. Sakti is about 14 km away. Saktī is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Durpa (2.8 km), Sakreli (3.1 km) and Kirari (3.3 km).

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

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