Lingiyadih

Lingiyadih
city
Lingiyadih Location in Chhattisgarh, India
Coordinates: 22°04′55″N 82°10′48″E / 22.081909°N 82.179901°ECoordinates: 22°04′55″N 82°10′48″E / 22.081909°N 82.179901°E
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Population (2001)
• Total	15,769
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Lingiyadih is a census town in Bilaspur district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Lingiyadih had a population of 15,769. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Lingiyadih has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 57%. In Lingiyadih, 16% of the population is under six years of age.

Ligniyadih is satellite town of Bilaspur, which was once a village located just across Arpa River flowing across Bilaspur town.

For many years, there was a large brick-kiln owned by Mulji Jagmal Sawaria, who had laid a private narrow gauge line in year 1935 for transportation of bricks across Arpa River over a railway-bridge built by him connecting kiln to his work office at Jagmal Block in Bilaspur. These railway line was dismantled in 1948.^[2]

References

1. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
2. Diary of Golden Days at Jharia – A Memoir and History of Gurjar Kashtriya Samaj of Kutch in Coalfields of Jharia – written by Natwarlal Devram Jethwa of Calcutta(1998):pp:41:Rai Sahib Mulji Jagmal Sawaria - Life sketch.