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About Lahangakanhar Village

Lahangakanhar is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,034, made up of 509 males and 525 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3051.94 hectares hectares.

Lahangakanhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lahangakanhar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 3051.94 hectares
Population 1,034
Male Population 509
Female Population 525
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lahangakanhar compares

By the 2011 count Lahangakanhar is the 70th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 3051.94 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Lahangakanhar

Lahangakanhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lahangakanhar as Available within 10+ 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 Lahangakanhar from other places

Lahangakanhar lies about 53 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 52 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 Lahangakanhar
Nearest town Malajkhand 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 29 km
Nearest railway station Dhapewara 52 km
District headquarters Balaghat 53 km

Villages closest to Lahangakanhar

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 Lahangakanhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Lahangakanhar village had a population of 1,034. That makes it the 70th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Lahangakanhar village has 509 males and 525 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lahangakanhar has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Lahangakanhar covers 3051.94 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Lahangakanhar is Dhapewara, about 52 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Lahangakanhar.

Lahangakanhar is about 53 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lahangakanhar is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 19 km away. Baihar is about 29 km away. Dhapewara is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rol (1.8 km), Murkuta (2.5 km) and Chikhali (5.1 km).

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

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