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About Lakhanpur Village

Lakhanpur is a small village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 456, made up of 247 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815352, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lakhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakhanpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Jamtara
Tehsil Narayanpur
Pincode 815352
Area (hectares) 155 hectares
Population 456
Male Population 247
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lakhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Lakhanpur is the 107th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 155 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Lakhanpur

Lakhanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lakhanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 156 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Shivanarayanpur, about 2.8 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 Shivanarayanpur 2.8 km
Nearest town Colgong 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Narayanpur 28 km
District headquarters Jamtara 156 km

Villages closest to Lakhanpur

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

Common questions about Lakhanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakhanpur village had a population of 456. That makes it the 107th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Lakhanpur village has 247 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakhanpur has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Lakhanpur is 815352. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lakhanpur covers 155 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lakhanpur falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lakhanpur is Shivanarayanpur, about 2.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Lakhanpur.

Lakhanpur is about 156 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakhanpur is in Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Shivanarayanpur is about 2.8 km away. Colgong is about 12 km away. Narayanpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhopur (5.0 km), Jagadispur (5.5 km) and Bara Bahal (7.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lakhanpur today is likely to be higher.

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