About Lamkanhar Village

Lamkanhar is a mid sized village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 778, made up of 509 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 528 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495660, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lamkanhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lamkanhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Antagarh
Pincode	495660
Area (hectares)	411.48 hectares
Population	778
Male Population	509
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	528
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lamkanhar compares

By the 2011 count Lamkanhar is the 12th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 411.48 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Lamkanhar

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

Lamkanhar lies about 17 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Lamkanhar
Tehsil headquarters	Antagarh	3.4 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	17 km
Nearest town	Kānker	38 km

Villages closest to Lamkanhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lamkanhar village had a population of 778. That makes it the 12th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Lamkanhar village has 509 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lamkanhar has about 528 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Lamkanhar is 495660. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lamkanhar covers 411.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lamkanhar falls under Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Lamkanhar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Lamkanhar.

Lamkanhar is about 17 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lamkanhar is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Antagarh is about 3.4 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 17 km away. Kānker is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.