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About Lamkeni Village

Lamkeni is a mid sized village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 952, made up of 455 males and 497 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 630.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lamkeni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lamkeni village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Saraipali
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 630.39 hectares
Population 952
Male Population 455
Female Population 497
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,092
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lamkeni compares

By the 2011 count Lamkeni is the 57th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 630.39 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1018.

Getting to Lamkeni

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

Lamkeni lies about 87 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 56 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 Lamkeni
Tehsil headquarters Saraipali 13 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 56 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 87 km

Villages closest to Lamkeni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lamkeni village had a population of 952. That makes it the 57th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Lamkeni village has 455 males and 497 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lamkeni has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

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

Lamkeni covers 630.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lamkeni falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Lamkeni is Komakhan railway station, about 56 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 village for Lamkeni.

Lamkeni is about 87 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lamkeni is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 13 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 56 km away. Mahasamund is about 87 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saraipali (2.9 km), Pandapara (2.9 km) and Gidhamuda (3.2 km).

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

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