About Linga Kotwal Village

Linga Kotwal is a mid sized village in Risod tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,379, made up of 731 males and 648 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 546.81 hectares hectares.

Linga Kotwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Linga Kotwal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Risod
Area (hectares)	546.81 hectares
Population	1,379
Male Population	731
Female Population	648
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Linga Kotwal compares

By the 2011 count Linga Kotwal is the 55th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 546.81 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Linga Kotwal

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

Linga Kotwal lies about 32 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Kekatumar, about 29 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 Kotwal
Tehsil headquarters	Risod	11 km
Nearest railway station	Kekatumar	29 km
District headquarters	Washim	32 km

Villages closest to Linga Kotwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Linga Kotwal village had a population of 1,379. That makes it the 55th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Linga Kotwal village has 731 males and 648 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Linga Kotwal has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Linga Kotwal covers 546.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Linga Kotwal falls under Risod tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Linga Kotwal is Kekatumar, about 29 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 10+ km distance for Linga Kotwal.

Linga Kotwal is about 32 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Linga Kotwal is in Risod tehsil of Washim district. Risod is about 11 km away. Kekatumar is about 29 km away. Washim is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.