About Lurgi Village

Lurgi is a mid sized village in Ramanujganj tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 819, made up of 445 males and 374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 354.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lurgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lurgi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Ramanujganj
Pincode	497220
Area (hectares)	354.3 hectares
Population	819
Male Population	445
Female Population	374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lurgi compares

By the 2011 count Lurgi is the 74th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 354.3 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Lurgi

Lurgi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lurgi as Available. 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 Lurgi from other places

Lurgi lies about 91 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 43 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 Lurgi
Tehsil headquarters	Ramanujganj	3.9 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	41 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	43 km
District headquarters	Surguja	91 km

Villages closest to Lurgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lurgi village had a population of 819. That makes it the 74th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Lurgi village has 445 males and 374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lurgi has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Lurgi is 497220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lurgi covers 354.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lurgi falls under Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Lurgi is Meralgram, about 43 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 village for Lurgi.

Lurgi is about 91 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lurgi is in Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district. Ramanujganj is about 3.9 km away. Garhwa is about 41 km away. Meralgram is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.