About Lora Village

Lora is a small village in Dandai tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 146 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lora village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Dandai
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	141 hectares
Population	278
Male Population	146
Female Population	132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lora compares

By the 2011 count Lora is the 25th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents. Its 141 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Lora

Lora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lora as Available within 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 Lora from other places

Lora lies about 18 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 16 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 Lora
Tehsil headquarters	Dandai	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	16 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	18 km

Villages closest to Lora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lora village had a population of 278. That makes it the 25th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents.

Lora village has 146 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lora has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Lora is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lora covers 141 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lora falls under Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lora is Meralgram, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Lora.

Lora is about 18 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lora is in Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district. Dandai is about 9.3 km away. Meralgram is about 16 km away. Garhwa is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.