About Lurgi Village

Lurgi is a small village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 458, made up of 221 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 303.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497118, 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	Balrampur
Pincode	497118
Area (hectares)	303.11 hectares
Population	458
Male Population	221
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,072
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lurgi compares

By the 2011 count Lurgi is the 92nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 303.11 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 974.

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 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 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	Balrampur	23 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 Balrampur 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 458. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Lurgi village has 221 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lurgi has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Lurgi is 497118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lurgi covers 303.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lurgi falls under Balrampur 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 5 - 10 km distance 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 Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district. Balrampur is about 23 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.