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About Linga Village

Linga is a small village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 309, made up of 142 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,176 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.22 hectares hectares.

Linga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Linga village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 109.22 hectares
Population 309
Male Population 142
Female Population 167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,176
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Linga compares

By the 2011 count Linga is the 219th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 109.22 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Linga

The census records public bus service for Linga as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Linga from other places

Linga lies about 42 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lamta, 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 Linga
Nearest railway station Lamta 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 24 km
Nearest town Nainpur 37 km
District headquarters Balaghat 42 km

Villages closest to Linga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Linga village had a population of 309. That makes it the 219th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Linga village has 142 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Linga has about 1176 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Linga covers 109.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Linga falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Linga is Lamta, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Linga.

Linga is about 42 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Linga is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Lamta is about 22 km away. Baihar is about 24 km away. Nainpur is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dorli (3.9 km), Bhimodi (4.8 km) and Ragholi (5.0 km).

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

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