Linga observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Linga ranks #3 of 171 villages in Paraswada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Linga is a village of 1,894 people in 426 households (Census 2011) in Paraswada tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 171 villages in Paraswada tehsil. Literacy is 77%, 14 points above the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,026 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 481556, served by Paraswada post office; the LGD village code is 498335. The sarpanch is DEVASINGH KURVE, and the village votes in Mandla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sampatiya Uikey. The population is estimated at 2,233 in 2026, up 18% 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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