About Longkata Village

Longkata is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 441, made up of 213 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Longkata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longkata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	247.57 hectares
Population	441
Male Population	213
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Longkata compares

By the 2011 count Longkata is the 59th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 247.57 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1007.

Getting to Longkata

Longkata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Longkata as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Longkata from other places

Longkata lies about 41 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 32 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 Longkata
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	5.1 km
Nearest town	Khunti	26 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	32 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	41 km

Villages closest to Longkata

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.

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Common questions about Longkata

As per the Census of India 2011, Longkata village had a population of 441. That makes it the 59th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Longkata village has 213 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longkata has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

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

Longkata covers 247.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Longkata is Chakradharpur, about 32 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Longkata.

Longkata is about 41 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Longkata is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 5.1 km away. Khunti is about 26 km away. Chakradharpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.