About Lanjan Village

Lanjan is a small village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 76 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lanjan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lanjan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Patiala
Tehsil	Rajpura
Pincode	147001
Area (hectares)	88 hectares
Population	155
Male Population	76
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lanjan compares

By the 2011 count Lanjan is the 223rd largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Lanjan

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

Lanjan lies about 18 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Kauli, about 9.2 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 Lanjan
Nearest railway station	Kauli	9.2 km
Nearest town	Sanaur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpura	14 km
District headquarters	Patiala	18 km

Villages closest to Lanjan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lanjan village had a population of 155. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Lanjan village has 76 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lanjan has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Lanjan is 147001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lanjan covers 88 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.

Lanjan falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Lanjan is Kauli, about 9.2 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 village for Lanjan.

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

Lanjan is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Kauli is about 9.2 km away. Sanaur is about 13 km away. Rajpura is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.