About Lakhanpur Village

Lakhanpur is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 441, made up of 218 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, 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	Shikaripara
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	169.52 hectares
Population	441
Male Population	218
Female Population	223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Lakhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Lakhanpur is the 117th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 169.52 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Lakhanpur

Lakhanpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Lakhanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. 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	Shikaripara	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 Shikaripara 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 441. That makes it the 117th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Lakhanpur village has 218 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakhanpur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Lakhanpur is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lakhanpur covers 169.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lakhanpur falls under Shikaripara 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 village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village 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 Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 25 km away. Jāmtāra is about 30 km away. Shikaripara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.