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About Lamkan Village

Lamkan is a mid sized village in Padrauna tehsil, in the district of Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,550, made up of 793 males and 757 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.31 hectares hectares.

Lamkan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lamkan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kushinagar
Tehsil Padrauna
Area (hectares) 180.31 hectares
Population 1,550
Male Population 793
Female Population 757
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 955
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Lamkan compares

By the 2011 count Lamkan is the 220th largest of the 487 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents. Its 180.31 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Lamkan

Lamkan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lamkan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lamkan from other places

Lamkan lies about 23 km from Kushinagar, and the nearest railway station is Kath Kuiyan, about 3.4 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 Lamkan
Nearest railway station Kath Kuiyan 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Padrauna 12 km
District headquarters Kushinagar 23 km

Villages closest to Lamkan

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

Common questions about Lamkan

As per the Census of India 2011, Lamkan village had a population of 1,550. That makes it the 220th largest of the 487 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents.

Lamkan village has 793 males and 757 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lamkan has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

Lamkan covers 180.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Lamkan falls under Padrauna tehsil of Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lamkan is Kath Kuiyan, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Lamkan.

Lamkan is about 23 km from Kushinagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lamkan is in Padrauna tehsil of Kushinagar district. Kath Kuiyan is about 3.4 km away. Padrauna is about 12 km away. Kushinagar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dholah Ramnagar Mus Dholah (1.7 km), Luxmipur Mustaqil Aht Ramnaga (1.7 km) and Ramnagar (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lamkan today is likely to be higher.

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