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About Lonje Village

Lonje is a mid sized village in Chalisgaon tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 709, made up of 391 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 813 females per 1000 males. The village covers 708 hectares hectares.

Lonje Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lonje village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Chalisgaon
Area (hectares) 708 hectares
Population 709
Male Population 391
Female Population 318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 813
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lonje compares

By the 2011 count Lonje is the 127th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,160 residents. Its 708 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 910.

Getting to Lonje

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

Lonje lies about 84 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Chalisgaon Junction, 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 Lonje
Tehsil headquarters Chalisgaon 11 km
Nearest railway station Chalisgaon Junction 13 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 84 km

Villages closest to Lonje

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lonje village had a population of 709. That makes it the 127th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,160 residents.

Lonje village has 391 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lonje has about 813 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Lonje covers 708 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lonje falls under Chalisgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Lonje is Chalisgaon Junction, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lonje.

Lonje is about 84 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lonje is in Chalisgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district. Chalisgaon is about 11 km away. Chalisgaon Junction is about 13 km away. Jalgaon is about 84 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kherde (1.8 km), Pathraje (2.2 km) and Sangavi (3.2 km).

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

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