About Linga Village

Linga is a mid sized village in Paraswada tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,894, made up of 935 males and 959 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.03 hectares hectares.

Linga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Linga village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Paraswada
Area (hectares)	378.03 hectares
Population	1,894
Male Population	935
Female Population	959
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Linga compares

By the 2011 count Linga is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 378.03 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1052.

Getting to Linga

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

Linga lies about 7.7 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Kanhad Gaon, about 6.3 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	Kanhad Gaon	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Paraswada	7.7 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	7.7 km
Nearest town	Bālāghāt	7.7 km

Villages closest to Linga

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

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Common questions about Linga

As per the Census of India 2011, Linga village had a population of 1,894. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Linga village has 935 males and 959 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Linga has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1052.

Linga covers 378.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Linga is Kanhad Gaon, about 6.3 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.

Linga is about 7.7 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 Paraswada tehsil of Balaghat district. Kanhad Gaon is about 6.3 km away. Paraswada is about 7.7 km away. Balaghat is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.