About Lakshanpur Village

Lakshanpur is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 168 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lakshanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakshanpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814148
Area (hectares)	72 hectares
Population	341
Male Population	168
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
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 Lakshanpur compares

By the 2011 count Lakshanpur is the 93rd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Lakshanpur

Lakshanpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lakshanpur 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 Lakshanpur from other places

Lakshanpur 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 Lakshanpur
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	25 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	32 km
District headquarters	Dumka	32 km

Villages closest to Lakshanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakshanpur village had a population of 341. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Lakshanpur village has 168 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakshanpur has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Lakshanpur is 814148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lakshanpur covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lakshanpur falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lakshanpur 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 Lakshanpur.

Lakshanpur 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.

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