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About Linjir Village

Linjir is a mid sized village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,244, made up of 627 males and 617 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 425.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496100, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Linjir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Linjir village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Pusour
Pincode 496100
Area (hectares) 425.04 hectares
Population 1,244
Male Population 627
Female Population 617
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Linjir compares

By the 2011 count Linjir is the 33rd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 425.04 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Linjir

Linjir is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Linjir 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Linjir from other places

Linjir lies about 11 km from Pusour, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 10 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 Linjir
Nearest railway station Raigarh 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Pusour 11 km

Villages closest to Linjir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Linjir village had a population of 1,244. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Linjir village has 627 males and 617 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Linjir has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Linjir is 496100. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Linjir covers 425.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Linjir falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Linjir is Raigarh, about 10 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 <5 km distance for Linjir.

Linjir is about 11 km from Pusour in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Linjir is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Raigarh is about 10 km away. Pusour is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Loharsingh (under 2 km), Bijana (2.0 km) and Telipali (2.2 km).

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

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