About Longa Village

Longa is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 285, made up of 138 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263 hectares hectares.

Longa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	263 hectares
Population	285
Male Population	138
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 86th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 263 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Longa

Longa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Longa as Available within 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 30 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 27 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 railway station	Chakradharpur	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	30 km
District headquarters	Khunti	30 km

Villages closest to Longa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Erki 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 285. That makes it the 86th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Longa village has 138 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longa has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Longa covers 263 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Longa falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Longa is Chakradharpur, about 27 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 10+ km distance for Longa.

Longa is about 30 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Longa is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Chakradharpur is about 27 km away. Erki is about 30 km away. Khunti is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.