About Lainga Village

Lainga is a mid sized village in Lakhanpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,394, made up of 729 males and 665 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1331.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lainga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lainga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Lakhanpur
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	1331.68 hectares
Population	1,394
Male Population	729
Female Population	665
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lainga compares

By the 2011 count Lainga is the 34th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 1331.68 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Lainga

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

Lainga lies about 36 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 33 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 Lainga
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhanpur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Bishrampur	33 km
District headquarters	Surguja	36 km
Nearest town	Ambikāpur	36 km

Villages closest to Lainga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lainga village had a population of 1,394. That makes it the 34th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Lainga village has 729 males and 665 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lainga has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Lainga is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lainga covers 1331.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lainga falls under Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Lainga is Bishrampur, about 33 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 Lainga.

Lainga is about 36 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lainga is in Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district. Lakhanpur is about 14 km away. Bishrampur is about 33 km away. Surguja is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.