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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Lanka is a village in Orchha mandal, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh. With a population of 285 across 45 households, it has a literacy rate of 39.3%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUKAY BAI MUHANDA
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- LGD code
- 450015
- Pincode
- 494661
- Post office
- Narayanpur (Narayanpur)
- Population
- 285
- Households
- 45
- Literacy rate
- 39.3%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 188
- Distance to district centre
- 25 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 218 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 357 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gidam · 51 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Lanka compares
By population, Lanka ranks #16 of 81 villages in Orchha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
39.3%
+12.7% vs mandal average
Lanka39.3%
Orchha mandal26.6%
Narayanpur district40.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
−53 vs mandal average
Lanka979
Orchha mandal1,032
Household size
people per home
6.3
+1.3 vs mandal average
Lanka6.3
Orchha mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lanka at a glance
Lanka is a village of 285 people in 45 households (Census 2011) in Orchha tehsil, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 16th-largest of 81 villages in Orchha tehsil. Literacy is 39%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 27% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Narayanpur district centre, 51 km from Gidam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494661, served by Narayanpur (Narayanpur) post office; the LGD village code is 450015. The sarpanch is SUKAY BAI MUHANDA. The population is estimated at 336 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Lanka
- LGD code
- 450015
- Pincode
- 494661
- Post office
- Narayanpur (Narayanpur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 285
- Population (projected 2026)
- 336
- Households
- 45
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 39.3%
- Coordinates
- 19.33688°N, 81.17802°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUKAY BAI MUHANDA
- Block / Mandal
- Orchha
Getting there
How to reach Lanka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur218 kmcapital
- Hyderabad357 km
- Chennai702 km
- Bengaluru805 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGidam51 km
Same pincode
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- DhodaiChhotedongar mandal1,705 pop
- BinjleeNarayanpur mandal1,262 pop
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- BhatpalNarayanpur mandal1,249 pop
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Other villages named Lanka
Looking for a different Lanka? 7 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Lanka →
- LankaChandankiyari · Bokaro, Jharkhand2,428 pop
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Villages near Lanka
Other villages in Orchha mandal
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- Dunga
- Hitawada
- Pidiyakot
- Handawada
- Kodoli
- Rekawaya
- Jubada
- Gomagal
- Kudmel
- Chhote Tondabeda
- Edasmeta
- Gadadi
- Jatlur
- Maksuli
- Murumwada
- Raynar Alias Matbeda
- Hitul
- Tahkawada
- Toynar
- Asnar
- Chalcher
- Rotad
- Karangul
- Thulthuli
- Tadanar(Markadabeda)
- Bade Tondabeda
- Mohnar
- Gummarka
- Harbel
- Aadermad
- Dhondarbeda
- Jubgunda
- Orchhameta
- Lekwada
- Tahakawada
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)