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About Longabera Village

Longabera is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 85 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Longabera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longabera village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Bandgaon
Pincode 835216
Area (hectares) 50.11 hectares
Population 170
Male Population 85
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Longabera compares

By the 2011 count Longabera is the 158th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 50.11 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Longabera

Longabera is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Longabera 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 Longabera from other places

Longabera lies about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 25 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 Longabera
Tehsil headquarters Bandgaon 14 km
Nearest railway station Sonua 25 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 35 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 40 km

Villages closest to Longabera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Longabera village had a population of 170. That makes it the 158th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Longabera village has 85 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longabera has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Longabera is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Longabera covers 50.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Longabera falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Longabera is Sonua, about 25 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 Longabera.

Longabera is about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Longabera is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 14 km away. Sonua is about 25 km away. Chakradharpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daraung (1.8 km), Champada (3.8 km) and Todanghatu (3.9 km).

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

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