About Lakhanpur Village

Lakhanpur is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 51 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lakhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakhanpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814119
Area (hectares)	136.53 hectares
Population	91
Male Population	51
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	784
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lakhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Lakhanpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 136.53 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 987.

Getting to Lakhanpur

Lakhanpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lakhanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Lakhanpur from other places

Lakhanpur lies about 32 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 25 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 Lakhanpur
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	25 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masalia	32 km
District headquarters	Dumka	32 km

Villages closest to Lakhanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakhanpur village had a population of 91. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Lakhanpur village has 51 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakhanpur has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Lakhanpur is 814119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lakhanpur covers 136.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lakhanpur falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lakhanpur is Basukinath Railway Station, about 25 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lakhanpur.

Lakhanpur is about 32 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakhanpur is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 25 km away. Jāmtāra is about 30 km away. Masalia is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.