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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Langhnaj
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23|27|0|N|72|29|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mehsana district|Mehsana]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 9363
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 382730
| registration_plate =[[List of RTO districts in India#GJ.E2.80.94Gujarat|GJ]]-2
| website = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}}
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''' Lānghnaj ''' is a village in [[Mehsana district]] in the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |accessdate=2008-12-10 |work=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archivedate=2008-12-08 }}</ref> Lānghnaj is situated about 15 km to the north of Nardipur.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Lānghnaj had a population of 9363: 4909 males and 4454 females.<ref name="censusindia" />

==History==

===Prehistoric significance===
Bones of wild animals dating back to the Mesolithic period (10000-8000 BCE) have been excavated from sites in Lānghnaj. These include a [[canid]] (probably [[wolf]]), [[mongoose]], [[rhinoceros]], [[wild boar]], [[chital]], [[hog deer]], [[swamp deer]], [[nilgai]] and [[blackbuck]]. The presence of wild cattle has also been suggested. The animals bones at Lānghnaj suggest that the area was covered by a combination of [[savannah]] and forest with interspersed wetlands.<ref name="Upinder-Singh">{{cite book | last = Singh| first = Upinder| title = A History of Ancient and early Medieval India: From Stone Age to the 12th Century| publisher = Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt.Ltd. | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&q=langhnaj+area&pg=PA85| year = 2008| isbn = 978-81-317-1120-0| page = 85}}</ref> Seven human skeletons and large number of [[microlith]]s were also recovered.<ref name="Malik 1966 p=162">{{cite journal | last=Malik | first=S. C. | title=The Late Stone Age Industries from Excavated Sites in Gujarat, India | journal=Artibus Asiae | volume=28 | issue=2/3 | pages=162–174 | year=1966 | doi=10.2307/3249352 | jstor=3249352 }}</ref>

Initial excavation and investigation at Lānghnaj was in 1944-63 and was conducted at Andhario Timbo or Ravalian no Timbo by Department of Environmental Archeology, University of London and Deccan college Post graduate & Research Institute of Pune.<ref>Excavation At langhnaj 1944-63, part 1 and 2 Juliet clutton - Brock, University of London</ref><ref name="Malik 1966 p=162"/>

==Economy==
The village is also located within the [[Cambay]] rift Basin, a petroleum-rich, narrow, elongated rift [[graben]], extending from [[Surat]] in the south to [[Sanchor]] in the north.<ref name="DGH">
{{cite web
|title= Directorate General of Hydrocarbons: Cambay Basin
|author=DGH, Government of India
| year=2010
}}
</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Mehsana district]]

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