Village · Sakti, Janjgir - Champa # Lahanga Lahanga is a village in Sakti sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code 491559. The 2011 Census counted 1,440 people in 326 households, the 33rd largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%. - 1,440 people (2011) - 326 households - 65.9% literacy - 491559 PIN code ## Lahanga PIN code and other codes The PIN code of Lahanga is 491559. Lahanga falls in Sakti sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh. - PIN code 491559 - Gram panchayat Lahanga - Community development block Sakti - Census village code 437008 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Lahanga from nearby towns? - Sakti (sub-district HQ) 20 km by road - Janjgir (district HQ) 36 km by road - Baradwar (nearest town) 4 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Lahanga? 10 services counted by the Census are inside Lahanga; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Middle school In village · 1 govt - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● Ration (PDS) shop In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village - ● ASHA health worker In village - ● Public library In village - ● Polling station In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Baradwar - ○ Degree college under 5 km · Baradwar - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Sakti - ○ Primary health centre under 5 km - ○ Dispensary 10+ km - ○ Post office 10+ km - ○ Railway station under 5 km - ○ ATM 10+ km - ○ Commercial bank 10+ km - ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011) 24 h summer · 24 h winter Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Lahanga known for? The main crops are paddy, tivra and linseed. About 80% of the 241 hectares of village land is sown, and 147 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Lahanga Of every 100 households in Lahanga in 2011, 99 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Lahanga · ■ Sakti rural average - Electricity for lighting 99% 92% - Toilet within the home 5% 9% - No toilet (open defecation) 95% 91% - Tap water 1% 7% - Drinking water within premises 6% 9% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 98% - Use banking services 23% 27% - Television 38% 31% - Mobile phone 31% 22% - Computer with internet 0% 0% - Two-wheeler 9% 8% - Car / jeep / van 1% 0% - None of these assets 29% 31% - Own their home 100% 97% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Lahanga? ■ Lahanga · ■ Sakti rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 65.9% 71.8% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1017 1000 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 1090 956 - Working population 58.1% 51.3% ### Women and men Literacy is 76.7% for men and 55.1% for women. 67% of men and 50% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 59 (7%) · ■ Farm labourers 351 (42%) · ■ Household industry 19 (2%) · ■ Other work 71 (8%) · ■ Marginal 337 (40%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Sakti - Asonda 1,502 people - Gadhgodhi 1,477 people - Sakreli Khurd 1,470 people - Nandeli 1,454 people - Keribandha 1,393 people - Kurda 1,387 people - Markamgodhi 1,328 people - Dewri 1,321 people All 128 villages in Sakti ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Lahanga? 491559 - How far is Lahanga from Janjgir? 36 km by road - What is the population of Lahanga? 1,440 (Census 2011) - Which district is Lahanga in? Janjgir - Champa district (Sakti sub-district), Chhattisgarh - What is the literacy rate of Lahanga? 65.9% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/janjgir-champa/sakti/lahanga/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.