About Lonjo Village

Lonjo is a mid sized village in Sonua tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,892, made up of 933 males and 959 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1368 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lonjo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lonjo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Sonua
Pincode	833105
Area (hectares)	1368 hectares
Population	1,892
Male Population	933
Female Population	959
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Lonjo compares

By the 2011 count Lonjo is the 8th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 1368 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Lonjo

Lonjo is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lonjo as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Lonjo from other places

Lonjo lies about 17 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum. 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 Lonjo
Tehsil headquarters	Sonua	5.8 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	16 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	17 km

Villages closest to Lonjo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lonjo village had a population of 1,892. That makes it the 8th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Lonjo village has 933 males and 959 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lonjo has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Lonjo is 833105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lonjo covers 1368 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lonjo falls under Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Lonjo notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Lonjo.

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

Lonjo is in Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about 5.8 km away. Chakradharpur is about 16 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.