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About Lakhanwada Village

Lakhanwada is a mid sized village in Katangi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,366, made up of 668 males and 698 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 369.99 hectares hectares.

Lakhanwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakhanwada village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Katangi
Area (hectares) 369.99 hectares
Population 1,366
Male Population 668
Female Population 698
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Lakhanwada compares

By the 2011 count Lakhanwada is the 34th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 369.99 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Lakhanwada

Lakhanwada is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Lakhanwada 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lakhanwada from other places

Lakhanwada lies about 32 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lakhanwara, about under 2 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 Lakhanwada
Nearest railway station Lakhanwara under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Katangi 7.3 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 17 km
District headquarters Balaghat 32 km

Villages closest to Lakhanwada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakhanwada village had a population of 1,366. That makes it the 34th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Lakhanwada village has 668 males and 698 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakhanwada has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1040.

Lakhanwada covers 369.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lakhanwada falls under Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lakhanwada is Lakhanwara, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Lakhanwada.

Lakhanwada is about 32 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakhanwada is in Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district. Lakhanwara is about under 2 km away. Katangi is about 7.3 km away. Wārāseonī is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Agri (1.7 km), Lohagri Ryt (1.7 km) and Jam (1.7 km).

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

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