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About Leangi Village

Leangi is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 422, made up of 210 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 348 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Leangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Leangi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Bandgaon
Pincode 835216
Area (hectares) 348 hectares
Population 422
Male Population 210
Female Population 212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
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 Leangi compares

By the 2011 count Leangi is the 65th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 348 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Leangi

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

Leangi lies about 48 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 31 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 Leangi
Tehsil headquarters Bandgaon 10 km
Nearest town Khunti 30 km
Nearest railway station Pakra 31 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 48 km

Villages closest to Leangi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Leangi village had a population of 422. That makes it the 65th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Leangi village has 210 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Leangi has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Leangi is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Leangi covers 348 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Leangi falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Leangi is Pakra, about 31 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 Leangi.

Leangi is about 48 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Leangi is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 10 km away. Khunti is about 30 km away. Pakra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Melgandi (1.6 km), Barjo (1.8 km) and Solegundi (1.8 km).

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

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