Lanji tehsil is a fourth-order

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and revenue division, a subdivision of third-order administrative and revenue division of

Balaghat district Balaghat district is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in Central India. The town of Balaghat serves as its administrative headquarters. Balaghat is known for its tile factories, rice mills and forests. History At the beginning of the 18th cen ...

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. It includes the

Lanji Lanji is a statutory town in the Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is administered by a nagar panchayat, and is part of the Lanji (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Lanji assembly constituency and the Lanji community develo ...

village.

Geography

Lanji tehsil has an area of 764.68 sq kilometers. It is bounded by

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in the south, southwest and west,

Kirnapur tehsil Kirnapur tehsil is a fourth-order administrative and revenue division, a subdivision of third-order administrative and revenue division of Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh. Geography Kirnapur tehsil has an area of 709.49 sq kilometers. It is ...

in the northwest,

Baihar tehsil Baihar tehsil is a fourth-order administrative and revenue division, a subdivision of third-order administrative and revenue division of Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh. Geography Baihar tehsil has an area of 910.50 sq kilometers. It is bou ...

in the north and

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in the northeast, east and southeast.

Culture

The population of Lanji mostly speak

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but includes many other, including the

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& Chhattisgarhi. Lanji is a village with a rich

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and

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. Through Lanji History it has hosted many people coming from East (

), South (

) and North ( North Madhya Pradesh). All those civilisations have affected the social structure of Lanji

Economy

Agriculture

There is sufficient rainfall in the Lanji region for purely

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. The main agricultural crop is rice. floating rice. Seed is sown at the beginning of the rainy season (June–July).

Education

Schools

*Government Model Higher Secondary School Lanji * Saket Public School Lanji *Central India Academy Lanji *Pali Academic Institution, Bisoni, Lanji

Citations

External links

Tehsils of Madhya Pradesh Balaghat district {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub