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About Losal Village

Losal is a mid sized village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,017, made up of 548 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 814 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301410, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Losal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Losal village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Rajgarh
Pincode 301410
Area (hectares) 814 hectares
Population 1,017
Male Population 548
Female Population 469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Losal compares

By the 2011 count Losal is the 107th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents. Its 814 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Losal

Losal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Losal as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Losal from other places

Losal lies about 38 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Rajgarh, about 14 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 Losal
Nearest railway station Rajgarh 14 km
Nearest town Rājgarh 15 km
District headquarters Alwar 38 km

Villages closest to Losal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Losal village had a population of 1,017. That makes it the 107th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents.

Losal village has 548 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Losal has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 883.

The pincode recorded for Losal is 301410. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Losal covers 814 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Losal falls under Rajgarh tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Losal is Rajgarh, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Losal.

Losal is about 38 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Losal is in Rajgarh tehsil of Alwar district. Rajgarh is about 14 km away. Rājgarh is about 15 km away. Alwar is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nadoo (1.5 km), Rundh Nadoo (1.5 km) and Chawa Ka Bas (1.6 km).

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

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