About Linga Village

Linga is a mid sized village in Nepanagar tehsil, in the district of Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 616, made up of 323 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.19 hectares hectares.

Linga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Linga village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Burhanpur
Tehsil	Nepanagar
Area (hectares)	313.19 hectares
Population	616
Male Population	323
Female Population	293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Linga compares

By the 2011 count Linga is the 77th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 313.19 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Linga

Linga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Linga as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Linga from other places

Linga lies about 11 km from Burhanpur, and the nearest railway station is Asirgarh Road, about 5.0 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	Asirgarh Road	5.0 km
District headquarters	Burhanpur	11 km
Nearest town	Burhānpur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nepanagar	13 km

Villages closest to Linga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nepanagar 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 616. That makes it the 77th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Linga village has 323 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Linga has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Linga covers 313.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Linga falls under Nepanagar tehsil of Burhanpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Linga is Asirgarh Road, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Linga.

Linga is about 11 km from Burhanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Linga is in Nepanagar tehsil of Burhanpur district. Asirgarh Road is about 5.0 km away. Burhanpur is about 11 km away. Burhānpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.