About Loyangkel Village

Loyangkel is a mid sized village in Kamdara tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 847, made up of 440 males and 407 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loyangkel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loyangkel village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Kamdara
Pincode	835211
Area (hectares)	414 hectares
Population	847
Male Population	440
Female Population	407
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
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 Loyangkel compares

By the 2011 count Loyangkel is the 34th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 874 residents. Its 414 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Loyangkel

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

Loyangkel lies about 44 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 6.9 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 Loyangkel
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kamdara	16 km
Nearest town	Simdega	41 km
District headquarters	Gumla	44 km

Villages closest to Loyangkel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Loyangkel village had a population of 847. That makes it the 34th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 874 residents.

Loyangkel village has 440 males and 407 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loyangkel has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Loyangkel is 835211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loyangkel covers 414 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Loyangkel falls under Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Loyangkel is Kurkura, about 6.9 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 Loyangkel.

Loyangkel is about 44 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loyangkel is in Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district. Kurkura is about 6.9 km away. Kamdara is about 16 km away. Simdega is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.