Lanja

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 1 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 237000. 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,Janata bank, State bank of Hyderabad,Lokmanya Tilak co operative bank, RDC bank, Chiplun urban bank, Rajapur urban bank,IDBI bank, Bank of Maharashtra and Saraswat co-op. Bank. There is a ZP Hospital and a ST Bus depot. Also there are number of ZP schools as well as a Secondary Education school popularly known as New English School. Late Eknath Rane English Medium high-school and Dnyaneshwar Vidya Mandir offer Secondary and primary education respectively in English. Senior college for Arts, Commerce and Science is also located in the town.

Climate

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

Villages in Lanja

1. Agave
2. Adavali
3. Agargaon
4. Agargaon
5. Anjanare
6. Argaon
7. Asage
8. Asode
9. Baing
10. Bankhor
11. Bapere
12. Beni Budruk
13. Beni Khurd
14. Bhade
15. Bhambhed
16. Borival
17. Borthade
18. Buddawadi (Devdhe)
19. Buddawadi (Salpe)
20. Buddawadi Veravali
21. Chafet
22. Chinchurti
23. Daphale
24. Devhe
25. Dhundare
26. Dolas
27. Gangar
28. Kargaon
29. Gautam gaon
30. Gavane
31. Ghadashi
32. Golavashi
33. Gondesakal
34. Govil
35. Guravwadi
36. Harche
37. Hardkhale
38. Hasol
39. Indavati Isavali
40. Javade
41. Joshigaon
42. Kadugaon
43. Kangavali
44. Kante
45. Katalgaon
46. Kelambe
47. Kelvani
48. Khanavali
49. Khavadi
50. Kheravse
51. Khorgaon
52. Khorninko
53. Kochari
54. Koldhe
55. Kolhewadi Kondage
56. Kondgaon
57. Kondye
58. Korle
59. Kot
60. Kudewade
61. Kumbhargaon
62. Kunane
63. kondage
64. Kurchumb(Manewadi, Suwarewadi, Guravwadi, Tapekarwadi, Jadhavwadi)
65. Kurne
66. Kuve
67. Lanja
68. Lavgan
69. Machal
70. Majal
71. Manche
72. Math
73. Mogargaon
74. Musalmanwadi
75. Muslimgaon
76. Name
77. Nandivali
78. Nivasar
79. Nivoshi
80. Padavan
81. Padyar
82. Palu
83. Panhale
84. Panor
85. Panor (Harche)
86. Patergaon
87. Patilgaon
88. Prabhanvalli
89. Punas
90. Puragaon
91. Ramane
92. Rambadegaon
93. Ramgaon
94. Ravari
95. Ringane
96. Roon
97. Sadvali
98. Salpe
99. Satavali
100. Shiposhi
101. Shirambavali
102. Talavade
103. Upale
104. Vangule Shiravali
105. Veral
106. Veravali Budruk
107. Veravali khurd(m patil)
108. Vesurle
109. Vilavade
110. Virgaon
111. Vivali
112. Wadgaon
113. Wadi Limbu
114. Waghangaon
115. Waghrat
116. Waked
117. Whel
118. Yeravande
119. Zapade
120. Zarye

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Nearby cities: Lanja, Rajapur and Ratnagiri Coordinates: 16°45'53"N 73°27'22"