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About Lohjhari Village

Lohjhari is a small village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 111 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lohjhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lohjhari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 251.69 hectares
Population 229
Male Population 111
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,063
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Lohjhari compares

By the 2011 count Lohjhari is the 154th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 251.69 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Lohjhari

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

How far is Lohjhari from other places

Lohjhari lies about 30 km from Rajnandgaon. 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 Lohjhari
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 6.1 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 30 km

Villages closest to Lohjhari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lohjhari village had a population of 229. That makes it the 154th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Lohjhari village has 111 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lohjhari has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Lohjhari is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lohjhari covers 251.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lohjhari falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Lohjhari notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Lohjhari.

Lohjhari is about 30 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lohjhari is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargarh is about 6.1 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Latmarra (under 2 km), Kanhargoan (2.2 km) and Karwari (2.3 km).

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

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