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About Linganapura Village

Linganapura is a mid sized village in Kanakapura tehsil, in the district of Ramanagara, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 688, made up of 356 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Linganapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Linganapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Ramanagara
Tehsil Kanakapura
Pincode 562121
Area (hectares) 298.03 hectares
Population 688
Male Population 356
Female Population 332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Linganapura compares

By the 2011 count Linganapura is the 166th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents. Its 298.03 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Linganapura

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

Linganapura lies about 30 km from Ramanagara, and the nearest railway station is Anekal Road, about 22 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 Linganapura
Tehsil headquarters Kanakapura 16 km
Nearest railway station Anekal Road 22 km
District headquarters Ramanagara 30 km

Villages closest to Linganapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Linganapura village had a population of 688. That makes it the 166th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents.

Linganapura village has 356 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Linganapura has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Linganapura is 562121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Linganapura covers 298.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Linganapura falls under Kanakapura tehsil of Ramanagara district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Linganapura is Anekal Road, about 22 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 Linganapura.

Linganapura is about 30 km from Ramanagara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Linganapura is in Kanakapura tehsil of Ramanagara district. Kanakapura is about 16 km away. Anekal Road is about 22 km away. Ramanagara is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Yalachavadi (under 2 km), Kallanakuppe (3.3 km) and Doddamaralawadi (4.2 km).

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

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