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About Singola Village

Singola is a mid sized village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,695, made up of 882 males and 813 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.72 hectares hectares.

Singola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singola village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 496.72 hectares
Population 1,695
Male Population 882
Female Population 813
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Singola compares

By the 2011 count Singola is the 41st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 496.72 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 1013.

Getting to Singola

Singola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Singola 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Singola from other places

Singola lies about 51 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about 11 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 Singola
Nearest railway station Amgaon 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 12 km
Nearest town Gondiā 27 km
District headquarters Balaghat 51 km

Villages closest to Singola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Singola village had a population of 1,695. That makes it the 41st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Singola village has 882 males and 813 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singola has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Singola covers 496.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Singola falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Singola is Amgaon, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Singola.

Singola is about 51 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Singola is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Amgaon is about 11 km away. Lanji is about 12 km away. Gondiā is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dahegaon (1.9 km), Miriya (2.1 km) and Kareja (2.3 km).

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

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