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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lamkan
| native_name =
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| settlement_type = Populated place
| image_skyline =
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| image_map = Sandi block map.png
| map_caption = Map showing Lamkan (#861) in Sandi CD block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.302979|N|79.895072|E|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GeoNames">{{cite web |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=Search for "Lamkan" here}}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hardoi district|Hardoi]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011"/>
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| area_total_km2 = 8.478
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| population_total = 3734
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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'''Lamkan''' is a village in [[Sandi, Uttar Pradesh|Sandi]] block of [[Hardoi district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Uttar Pradesh District Census Handbook - Hardoi, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=231–55|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/09/0924_PART_A_DCHB_HARDOI.pdf |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref> It is located 6km away from Sandi, which is the nearest city.<ref name="Census 1981">{{cite book |title=Census 1981 Uttar Pradesh: District Census Handbook Part XIII-A: Village & Town Directory, District Hardoi |date=1982 |pages=182–3 |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1229/1/27831_1981_HAR.pdf |access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref> It is connected to [[State highways in India|state]] and [[National highways of India|national highway]]s and has a sub post office and two [[primary school]]s but no healthcare facilities.<ref name="Census 2011"/> The main staple crops are wheat and rice.<ref name="Census 1981"/> As of 2011, its population is 3,734, in 577 households.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

The [[1961 Census of India|1961 census]] recorded Lamkan as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 1,277 (692 male and 585 female), in 244 households and 181 physical houses.<ref name="Census 1961">{{cite book |title=Census 1961: District Census Handbook, Uttar Pradesh (36 - Hardoi District) |date=1965 |location=Lucknow |pages=158, xciv-xcv of section "Bilgram Tahsil" |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/987/1/22855_1961_HAR.pdf |access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref> The area of the village was given as 2,114 [[acre]]s.<ref name="Census 1961"/> At the time, it had a medical practitioner and a post office and was connected to major roads.<ref name="Census 1961"/>

The [[1981 Census of India|1981 census]] recorded Lamkan as having a population of 2,070, in 333 households, and covering an area of 848.80 [[hectare]]s.<ref name="Census 1981"/>

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[[Category:Villages in Hardoi district]]

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