About Lanji Village

Lanji is a large village in Kegaon tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,207, made up of 1,092 males and 1,115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 569 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lanji village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Kegaon
Pincode	766036
Area (hectares)	569 hectares
Population	2,207
Male Population	1,092
Female Population	1,115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lanji compares

By the 2011 count Lanji is the 7th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 964 residents. Its 569 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

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 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 4.8 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Mahipur, about 3.5 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
Nearest railway station	Mahipur	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kegaon	4.8 km
District headquarters	Kalahandi	4.8 km
Nearest town	Bhanjanagar	54 km

Villages closest to Lanji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kegaon 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 2,207. That makes it the 7th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 964 residents.

Lanji village has 1,092 males and 1,115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lanji has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Lanji is 766036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lanji covers 569 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lanji falls under Kegaon tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Lanji is Mahipur, about 3.5 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 village for Lanji.

Lanji is about 4.8 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lanji is in Kegaon tehsil of Kalahandi district. Mahipur is about 3.5 km away. Kegaon is about 4.8 km away. Kalahandi is about 4.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.