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About Lakhanpur Village

Lakhanpur is a small village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 229 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 430.82 hectares hectares.

Lakhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakhanpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 430.82 hectares
Population 421
Male Population 229
Female Population 192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lakhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Lakhanpur is the 109th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 783 residents. Its 430.82 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Lakhanpur

Lakhanpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lakhanpur 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lakhanpur from other places

Lakhanpur lies about 41 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Guramkhedi, about 4.1 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 Lakhanpur
Nearest railway station Guramkhedi 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Sohagpur 7.1 km
Nearest town Sohāgpur 7.1 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 41 km

Villages closest to Lakhanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakhanpur village had a population of 421. That makes it the 109th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 783 residents.

Lakhanpur village has 229 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakhanpur has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Lakhanpur covers 430.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lakhanpur falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lakhanpur is Guramkhedi, about 4.1 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 10+ km distance for Lakhanpur.

Lakhanpur is about 41 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakhanpur is in Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Guramkhedi is about 4.1 km away. Sohagpur is about 7.1 km away. Sohāgpur is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Keolari (1.9 km), Bodana Gujar (2.0 km) and Barangi (2.1 km).

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

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