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About Lonala Village

Lonala is a small village in Georai tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 461, made up of 247 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429.82 hectares hectares.

Lonala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lonala village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Georai
Area (hectares) 429.82 hectares
Population 461
Male Population 247
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lonala compares

By the 2011 count Lonala is the 180th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,581 residents. Its 429.82 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Lonala

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

Lonala lies about 33 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Usmanpur, about 48 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 Lonala
Nearest town Majalgaon 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Georai 26 km
District headquarters Bid 33 km
Nearest railway station Usmanpur 48 km

Villages closest to Lonala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lonala village had a population of 461. That makes it the 180th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,581 residents.

Lonala village has 247 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lonala has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Lonala covers 429.82 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.

Lonala falls under Georai tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Lonala is Usmanpur, about 48 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lonala.

Lonala is about 33 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lonala is in Georai tehsil of Bid district. Majalgaon is about 23 km away. Georai is about 26 km away. Bid is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lonala Tanda (under 2 km), Kherdawadi (1.7 km) and Marfala (2.9 km).

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

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