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About Luta Village

Luta is a mid sized village in Katamdag tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,190, made up of 609 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Luta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Luta village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Katamdag
Pincode 825301
Area (hectares) 249 hectares
Population 1,190
Male Population 609
Female Population 581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 954
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Luta compares

By the 2011 count Luta is the 21st largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 249 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Luta

Luta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Luta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Luta from other places

Luta lies about 5.4 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Kansar Nawadah, about 3.1 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 Luta
Nearest railway station Kansar Nawadah 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Katamdag 5.4 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 5.4 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 5.4 km

Villages closest to Luta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Luta village had a population of 1,190. That makes it the 21st largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Luta village has 609 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Luta has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Luta is 825301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Luta covers 249 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Luta falls under Katamdag tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Luta is Kansar Nawadah, about 3.1 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 village for Luta.

Luta is about 5.4 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Luta is in Katamdag tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Kansar Nawadah is about 3.1 km away. Katamdag is about 5.4 km away. Hazaribagh is about 5.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salgaon (under 2 km), Kasturi Khap (2.0 km) and Pasai (2.7 km).

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

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