Lanja

Lanja
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Lanja Location of Lanja in Maharashtra and India
Coordinates	16°51′N 73°33′E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District(s)	Ratnagiri
Population	12,278 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 166 metres (545 ft)

Lanja is a census town in Ratnagiri district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Geography

Lanja is located at 16.85°N 73.55°E / 16.85; 73.55. It has an average elevation of 166 metres (544 feet). It's a Taluka head in Ratnagiri district. National highway popularly known as Mumbai-Goa Highway passes through it. Nearest rail head is Adivali on konkan railway which is around 15 km away.

History

From the time of the Peshva up to the 1st August 1879, when Vengurle was made a sub-division, Lanja was the headquarters of a petty division of Rajapur.

In the village is the grave of a Muhammedan saint named Syed Chand Bukhari Ali Faqir, said to have lived about five hundred years ago. Yearly at the Magh (January-February) full moon an Urus is held, when the tomb is, with ceremonies and prayers, covered with a cloth and sprinkled with powdered sandalwood. The fair is still largely attended (1960), by people of different communities from Lanja and the neighbouring villages. Shopkeepers come from Rajapur and open temporary booths at which for about a month coarse country and imported cloth and miscellaneous articles are sold. There is also a domed tomb near the village with no more definite history than that it marks the grave of a princess who died on a journey. [Nairne in Ind. Ant. II. 317.]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Lanja had a population of 12,278. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Lanja has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 69%. In Lanja, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Institutions

Lanja city has branches of Bank of India, (est.1969), State Bank of India, State Bank of Maharashtra and Saraswat co-op. Bank. There is a ZP Hospital and a ST Bus depot.

Climate

{{The temperatures are often below 10 degrees celsius in winters. In summer they jump up to 40 degrees celsius.

Villages in Lanja

Adavali, Agargaon, Agargaon, Anjanare, Argaon, Asage, Asode, Baing, Bankhor, Bapere, Beni budruk, Beni Khurd, Bhade, Bhambhed, Borival, Borthade, Buddawadi (Devdhe), Buddawadi (Salpe), Buddawadi Veravali, Chafet, Chinchurti, Daphale, Devhe, Dhundare, Dolas, Gangar, Kargaon, Gautam gaon, Gavane, Ghadashi, Golavashi, Gondesakal, Govil, Guravwadi, Harche, Hardkhale, Hasol, Indavati, Isavali, Javade, Joshigaon, Kadugaon, Kangavali, Kante, Katalgaon, Kelambe, Kelvani, Khanavali, Khavadi, Kheravse, Khorgaon, Khorninko, Kochari, Koldhe, Kolhewadi, Kondage, Kondgaon, Kondye, Korle, Kot, Kudewade, Kumbhargaon, Kunane, Kurang, Kurchumb, Kurne, Kuve, Lanja, Lavgan, Machal, Majal, Manche, Math, Mogargaon, Musalmanwadi, Muslimgaon, Name, Nandivali, Nivasar, Nivoshi, Padavan, Padyar, Palu, Panhale, Panor, Panor (Harche), Patergaon, Patilgaon, Prabhanvalli, Punas, Puragaon, Ramane, Rambadegaon, Ramgaon, Ravari, Ringane, Roon, Sadvali, Salpe, Satavali, Shiposhi, Shirambavali, Talavade, Upale, Vangule, Varchi Shiravali, Veral, Veravali Budruk, Veravali khurd(m patil), Vesurle, Vilavade, Virgaon, Vivali, Wadgaon, Wadi Limbu, Waghangaon, Wagrat, Waked, Whel, Yeravande, Zapade