About Loch Village

Loch is a large village in Goreswar tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,057, made up of 1,029 males and 1,028 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 781381, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loch Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loch village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Baksa
Tehsil	Goreswar
Pincode	781381
Area (hectares)	232.7 hectares
Population	2,057
Male Population	1,029
Female Population	1,028
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Loch compares

By the 2011 count Loch is the 28th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents. Its 232.7 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Loch

Loch is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Loch as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Loch from other places

Loch lies about 39 km from Baksa, and the nearest railway station is Khandikar, about 5.7 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Loch
Nearest railway station	Khandikar	5.7 km
Nearest town	Rangia	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goreswar	9.4 km
District headquarters	Baksa	39 km

Villages closest to Loch

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goreswar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Loch

As per the Census of India 2011, Loch village had a population of 2,057. That makes it the 28th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents.

Loch village has 1,029 males and 1,028 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loch has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Loch is 781381. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loch covers 232.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Loch falls under Goreswar tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Loch is Khandikar, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Loch.

Loch is about 39 km from Baksa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loch is in Goreswar tehsil of Baksa district. Khandikar is about 5.7 km away. Rangia is about 8.6 km away. Goreswar is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.