About Linga Village

Linga is a small village in Ner tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 405, made up of 215 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.87 hectares hectares.

Linga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Linga village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Ner
Area (hectares)	225.87 hectares
Population	405
Male Population	215
Female Population	190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Linga compares

By the 2011 count Linga is the 68th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 225.87 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 950.

Getting to Linga

Linga is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Linga 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Linga from other places

Linga lies about 18 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Ling, about under 2 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	Ling	under 2 km
Nearest town	Lohāra	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ner	18 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	18 km

Villages closest to Linga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ner 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 405. That makes it the 68th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Linga village has 215 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Linga has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Linga covers 225.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Linga falls under Ner tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Linga is Ling, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Linga is about 18 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Linga is in Ner tehsil of Yavatmal district. Ling is about under 2 km away. Lohāra is about 14 km away. Ner is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.