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About Loyongkel Village

Loyongkel is a mid sized village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 858, made up of 442 males and 416 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190 hectares hectares.

Loyongkel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loyongkel village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Area (hectares) 190 hectares
Population 858
Male Population 442
Female Population 416
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Loyongkel compares

By the 2011 count Loyongkel is the 34th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 190 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 1001.

Getting to Loyongkel

The census records public bus service for Loyongkel as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Loyongkel from other places

Loyongkel lies about 17 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about under 2 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 Loyongkel
Nearest railway station Karra under 2 km
District headquarters Khunti 17 km

Villages closest to Loyongkel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Loyongkel village had a population of 858. That makes it the 34th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Loyongkel village has 442 males and 416 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loyongkel has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Loyongkel covers 190 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Loyongkel falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Loyongkel is Karra, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Loyongkel.

Loyongkel is about 17 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loyongkel is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Karra is about under 2 km away. Khunti is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhukama (under 2 km), Karra (under 2 km) and Kosambi (1.6 km).

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

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