About Loing Village

Loing is a large village in Raigarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,275, made up of 1,164 males and 1,111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 505.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loing village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Raigarh
Pincode	496001
Area (hectares)	505.52 hectares
Population	2,275
Male Population	1,164
Female Population	1,111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Loing compares

By the 2011 count Loing is the 7th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 505.52 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Loing

Loing is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Loing as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Loing from other places

Loing lies about 10 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kotarlia, about 3.1 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 Loing
Nearest railway station	Kotarlia	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raigarh	10 km

Villages closest to Loing

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Loing village had a population of 2,275. That makes it the 7th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Loing village has 1,164 males and 1,111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loing has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Loing is 496001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loing covers 505.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Loing falls under Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Loing is Kotarlia, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Loing is about 10 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loing is in Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Kotarlia is about 3.1 km away. Raigarh is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.