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About Luni Village

Luni is a mid sized village in Sailana tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 963, made up of 519 males and 444 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.45 hectares hectares.

Luni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Luni village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Sailana
Area (hectares) 270.45 hectares
Population 963
Male Population 519
Female Population 444
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Luni compares

By the 2011 count Luni is the 26th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 509 residents. Its 270.45 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Luni

Luni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Luni as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Luni from other places

Luni lies about 17 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Morwani, about 13 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 Luni
Nearest railway station Morwani 13 km
District headquarters Ratlam 17 km
Nearest town Ratlām 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Sailana 34 km

Villages closest to Luni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Luni village had a population of 963. That makes it the 26th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 509 residents.

Luni village has 519 males and 444 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Luni has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Luni covers 270.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Luni falls under Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Luni is Morwani, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Luni.

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

Luni is in Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district. Morwani is about 13 km away. Ratlam is about 17 km away. Ratlām 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 Juni Sunari (under 2 km), Junibordi (under 2 km) and Lunighati (under 2 km).

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

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