Lanja observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
Lanja is a village in Simga mandal, Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, Chhattisgarh, with a population of 1,211 across 242 households. The village has a literacy rate of 54.4% and is located at coordinates 18.981°N, 83.342°E.
By population, Lanja ranks #39 of 78 villages in Simga mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lanja is a village of 1,211 people in 242 households (Census 2011) in Simga tehsil, Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, Chhattisgarh, the 39th-largest of 78 villages in Simga tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. It lies 289 km from the Balodabazar-Bhatapara district centre, 43 km from Veeraghattam, the nearest town, 10 km from Kuneru railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 493101, served by Simga post office; the LGD village code is 443520. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kumaraswamy Kumundan Nursing Home, 21 km away. The sarpanch is OMPRAKASH BANJARE. The population is estimated at 266 in 2026, down 78% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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