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About Lingasandra Village

Lingasandra is a small village in Madhugiri tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 113 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lingasandra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lingasandra village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Madhugiri
Pincode 572112
Area (hectares) 205.14 hectares
Population 243
Male Population 113
Female Population 130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,150
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lingasandra compares

By the 2011 count Lingasandra is the 215th largest of the 279 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 816 residents. Its 205.14 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, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Lingasandra

Lingasandra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lingasandra as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Lingasandra from other places

Lingasandra lies about 55 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Viduraswattha, about 2.0 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 Lingasandra
Nearest railway station Viduraswattha 2.0 km
Nearest town Gauribidanur 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Madhugiri 31 km
District headquarters Tumkur 55 km

Villages closest to Lingasandra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lingasandra village had a population of 243. That makes it the 215th largest of the 279 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 816 residents.

Lingasandra village has 113 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lingasandra has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Lingasandra is 572112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lingasandra covers 205.14 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.

Lingasandra falls under Madhugiri tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Lingasandra is Viduraswattha, about 2.0 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Lingasandra.

Lingasandra is about 55 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lingasandra is in Madhugiri tehsil of Tumkur district. Viduraswattha is about 2.0 km away. Gauribidanur is about 5.2 km away. Madhugiri 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 Thingalur (7.5 km), Bachenahalli (8.4 km) and Sravandanahalli (8.5 km).

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

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