About Longa Village

Longa is a mid sized village in Bishunpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 238 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835231, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Longa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Bishunpur
Pincode	835231
Area (hectares)	245.01 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	238
Female Population	262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,101
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 Longa compares

By the 2011 count Longa is the 48th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 916 residents. Its 245.01 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Longa

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

Longa lies about 38 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 39 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 Longa
Tehsil headquarters	Bishunpur	5.7 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	36 km
District headquarters	Gumla	38 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	39 km

Villages closest to Longa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Longa village had a population of 500. That makes it the 48th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 916 residents.

Longa village has 238 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longa has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Longa is 835231. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Longa covers 245.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Longa falls under Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Longa is Lohardaga, about 39 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 Longa.

Longa is about 38 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Longa is in Bishunpur tehsil of Gumla district. Bishunpur is about 5.7 km away. Lohārdagā is about 36 km away. Gumla is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.