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About Loa Jangal Village

Loa Jangal is a small village in Chamba tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 228, made up of 101 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,257 females per 1000 males. The village covers 12.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loa Jangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loa Jangal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Chamba
Pincode 176311
Area (hectares) 12.95 hectares
Population 228
Male Population 101
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,257
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Loa Jangal compares

By the 2011 count Loa Jangal is the 208th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 12.95 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Loa Jangal

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

Loa Jangal lies about 5.1 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 45 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 Loa Jangal
Tehsil headquarters Chamba 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 45 km

Villages closest to Loa Jangal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chamba 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 Loa Jangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Loa Jangal village had a population of 228. That makes it the 208th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Loa Jangal village has 101 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loa Jangal has about 1257 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Loa Jangal is 176311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loa Jangal covers 12.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Loa Jangal falls under Chamba tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Loa Jangal is Nurpur Road, about 45 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 5 - 10 km distance for Loa Jangal.

Loa Jangal is about 5.1 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loa Jangal is in Chamba tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 5.1 km away. Nurpur Road is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bakhatpur Jangal (under 2 km), Bani Jangal (under 2 km) and Bhnder Bani Jangal (under 2 km).

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

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