About Loa Village

Loa is a mid sized village in Rania tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 664, made up of 308 males and 356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,156 females per 1000 males. The village covers 577.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Rania
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	577.97 hectares
Population	664
Male Population	308
Female Population	356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,156
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 Loa compares

By the 2011 count Loa is the 21st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 601 residents. Its 577.97 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 1010.

Getting to Loa

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

Loa lies about 42 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 10 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 Loa
Tehsil headquarters	Rania	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	10 km
District headquarters	Khunti	42 km

Villages closest to Loa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Loa village had a population of 664. That makes it the 21st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 601 residents.

Loa village has 308 males and 356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loa has about 1156 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Loa is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loa covers 577.97 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.

Loa falls under Rania tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Loa is Kurkura, about 10 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 Loa.

Loa is about 42 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loa is in Rania tehsil of Khunti district. Rania is about 7.9 km away. Kurkura is about 10 km away. Khunti is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.