Lanja
Sign in to save==Geography== Lanja is a small town located at . It has an average elevation of 166 metres (544 feet). It's a Taluka head in Ratnagiri district. The National highway, popularly known as Mumbai-Goa Highway, passes through it. Nearest rail head is Adavali on the Konkan railway, which is around 15 km away.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Lanja is referenced by 29 other articles, and connects out to India, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
It sits within the topics Cities and towns in Ratnagiri district and Talukas in Maharashtra.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lanja
- Region
- Maharashtra
- Country
- India
- Population
- 14,377
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lanja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Maharashtra, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Maharashtra
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ratnagiri
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 166
- Settlement.population_total
- 25000
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Lanjekar
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Ratnagiri district
- Area
- 17.11
- Elevation
- 166
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Dialing code
- 2351
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- postal code
- 416701
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- History
- Demographics
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==Geography== Lanja is a small town located at . It has an average elevation of 166 metres (544 feet). It's a Taluka head in Ratnagiri district. The National highway, popularly known as Mumbai-Goa Highway, passes through it. Nearest rail head is Adavali on the Konkan railway, which is around 15 km away.
==History== From the time of the Peshva up to 1 August 1879, when Vengurle was made a sub-division, Lanja was the headquarters of a petty division of Rajapur.
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