About Lanke Village

Lanke is a mid sized village in Heggadadevankote tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,951, made up of 959 males and 992 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 657.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lanke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lanke village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Heggadadevankote
Pincode	571134
Area (hectares)	657.41 hectares
Population	1,951
Male Population	959
Female Population	992
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lanke compares

By the 2011 count Lanke is the 29th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 657.41 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Lanke

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

Lanke lies about 33 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Sujatapuram, 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 Lanke
Tehsil headquarters	Heggadadevankote	15 km
Nearest railway station	Sujatapuram	25 km
Nearest town	Nanjangūd	25 km
District headquarters	Mysore	33 km

Villages closest to Lanke

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lanke village had a population of 1,951. That makes it the 29th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Lanke village has 959 males and 992 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lanke has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Lanke is 571134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lanke covers 657.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lanke falls under Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Lanke is Sujatapuram, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Lanke.

Lanke is about 33 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lanke is in Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district. Heggadadevankote is about 15 km away. Sujatapuram is about 25 km away. Nanjangūd is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.