About Longa Village

Longa is a mid sized village in Verno tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,803, made up of 893 males and 910 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 453 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835203, 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	Verno
Pincode	835203
Area (hectares)	453 hectares
Population	1,803
Male Population	893
Female Population	910
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
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 Longa compares

By the 2011 count Longa is the 9th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents. Its 453 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

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 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 26 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 44 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
Nearest town	Simdega	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Verno	26 km
District headquarters	Gumla	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	44 km

Villages closest to Longa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Verno 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 1,803. That makes it the 9th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents.

Longa village has 893 males and 910 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longa has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Longa is 835203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Longa covers 453 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Longa falls under Verno tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Longa is Kurkura, about 44 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 Longa.

Longa is about 26 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 Verno tehsil of Gumla district. Simdega is about 22 km away. Verno is about 26 km away. Gumla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.