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About Linganagar Village

Linganagar is a small village in Chincholi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 149 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 890.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Linganagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Linganagar village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Chincholi
Pincode 585308
Area (hectares) 890.69 hectares
Population 284
Male Population 149
Female Population 135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Linganagar compares

By the 2011 count Linganagar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 890.69 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Linganagar

Linganagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Linganagar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Linganagar from other places

Linganagar lies about 86 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kohir Deccan, about 14 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 Linganagar
Nearest railway station Kohir Deccan 14 km
Nearest town Zahirābād 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Chincholi 22 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 86 km

Villages closest to Linganagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Linganagar village had a population of 284. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Linganagar village has 149 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Linganagar has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Linganagar is 585308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Linganagar covers 890.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Linganagar falls under Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Linganagar is Kohir Deccan, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Linganagar.

Linganagar is about 86 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Linganagar is in Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Kohir Deccan is about 14 km away. Zahirābād is about 18 km away. Chincholi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhonaspur (under 2 km), Shivredpalli (2.8 km) and Pochawaram (5.0 km).

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

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