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About Longaon Village

Longaon is a large village in Bhokardan tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,271, made up of 1,741 males and 1,530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1324 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Longaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalna
Tehsil Bhokardan
Pincode 431203
Area (hectares) 1324 hectares
Population 3,271
Male Population 1,741
Female Population 1,530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Longaon compares

By the 2011 count Longaon is the 15th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 1324 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 939.

Getting to Longaon

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

Longaon lies about 23 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Dingaon, about 23 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 Longaon
Nearest town Deūlgaon Rāja 15 km
District headquarters Jalna 23 km
Nearest railway station Dingaon 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhokardan 27 km

Villages closest to Longaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Longaon village had a population of 3,271. That makes it the 15th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Longaon village has 1,741 males and 1,530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longaon has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Longaon is 431203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Longaon covers 1324 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Longaon falls under Bhokardan tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Longaon is Dingaon, about 23 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 Longaon.

Longaon is about 23 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Longaon is in Bhokardan tehsil of Jalna district. Deūlgaon Rāja is about 15 km away. Jalna is about 23 km away. Dingaon is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umarkheda (1.5 km), Pimpalgaon Thot (4.5 km) and Bamkheda (4.8 km).

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

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