About Lanji Village

Lanji is a mid sized village in Ahmadpur tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,529, made up of 794 males and 735 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 628.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lanji village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Tehsil	Ahmadpur
Pincode	413515
Area (hectares)	628.56 hectares
Population	1,529
Male Population	794
Female Population	735
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lanji compares

By the 2011 count Lanji is the 39th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents. Its 628.56 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Lanji

Lanji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lanji as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Lanji from other places

Lanji lies about 48 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Wadwal Nagnath, about 21 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 Lanji
Tehsil headquarters	Ahmadpur	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Wadwal Nagnath	21 km
District headquarters	Latur	48 km

Villages closest to Lanji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lanji village had a population of 1,529. That makes it the 39th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents.

Lanji village has 794 males and 735 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lanji has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Lanji is 413515. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lanji covers 628.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lanji falls under Ahmadpur tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Lanji is Wadwal Nagnath, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Lanji.

Lanji is about 48 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lanji is in Ahmadpur tehsil of Latur district. Ahmadpur is about 4.7 km away. Wadwal Nagnath is about 21 km away. Latur is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.