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About Luk Village

Luk is a mid sized village in Saja tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,278, made up of 650 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 649.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Luk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Luk village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Saja
Pincode 491331
Area (hectares) 649.39 hectares
Population 1,278
Male Population 650
Female Population 628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 966
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Luk compares

By the 2011 count Luk is the 17th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 649.39 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Luk

Luk is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Luk as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Luk from other places

Luk lies about 41 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 40 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 Luk
Tehsil headquarters Saja 13 km
Nearest town Ahīwāra 28 km
Nearest railway station Rasmara 40 km
District headquarters Durg 41 km

Villages closest to Luk

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

Common questions about Luk

As per the Census of India 2011, Luk village had a population of 1,278. That makes it the 17th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Luk village has 650 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Luk has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Luk is 491331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Luk covers 649.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Luk falls under Saja tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Luk is Rasmara, about 40 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Luk.

Luk is about 41 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Luk is in Saja tehsil of Durg district. Saja is about 13 km away. Ahīwāra is about 28 km away. Rasmara is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Godmarra (2.1 km), Pendrawan (2.3 km) and Jamgaon (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Luk today is likely to be higher.

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