About Luna Village

Luna is a small village in Brahmaur tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 374, made up of 203 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Luna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Luna village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Brahmaur
Pincode	176324
Area (hectares)	460 hectares
Population	374
Male Population	203
Female Population	171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Luna compares

By the 2011 count Luna is the 32nd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 500 residents. Its 460 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Luna

Luna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Luna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Luna from other places

Luna lies about 27 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 38 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 Luna
Tehsil headquarters	Brahmaur	14 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	26 km
District headquarters	Chamba	27 km
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	38 km

Villages closest to Luna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Luna village had a population of 374. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 500 residents.

Luna village has 203 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Luna has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Luna is 176324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Luna covers 460 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Luna falls under Brahmaur tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Luna is Chamunda Marg, about 38 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Luna.

Luna is about 27 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Luna is in Brahmaur tehsil of Chamba district. Brahmaur is about 14 km away. Dharamsala is about 26 km away. Chamba is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.