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About Linga Paunar Village

Linga Paunar is a mid sized village in Katangi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,388, made up of 712 males and 676 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.16 hectares hectares.

Linga Paunar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Linga Paunar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Katangi
Area (hectares) 337.16 hectares
Population 1,388
Male Population 712
Female Population 676
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Linga Paunar compares

By the 2011 count Linga Paunar is the 33rd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 337.16 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Linga Paunar

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

Linga Paunar lies about 55 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Sukli, about 6.6 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 Paunar
Nearest railway station Sukli 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Katangi 15 km
Nearest town Tumsar 39 km
District headquarters Balaghat 55 km

Villages closest to Linga Paunar

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 Linga Paunar

As per the Census of India 2011, Linga Paunar village had a population of 1,388. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Linga Paunar village has 712 males and 676 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Linga Paunar has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Linga Paunar covers 337.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Linga Paunar falls under Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Linga Paunar is Sukli, about 6.6 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 Linga Paunar.

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

Linga Paunar is in Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district. Sukli is about 6.6 km away. Katangi is about 15 km away. Tumsar is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalimati (4.3 km), Nandora (6.0 km) and Maheduli (6.9 km).

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

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