About Loona Kalan Village

Loona Kalan is a small village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 351, made up of 187 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1561.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loona Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loona Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Pokaran
Pincode	345026
Area (hectares)	1561.69 hectares
Population	351
Male Population	187
Female Population	164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Loona Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Loona Kalan is the 230th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 1561.69 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Loona Kalan

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

Loona Kalan lies about 92 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Ashapura Gomat, about 9.5 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 Loona Kalan
Nearest railway station	Ashapura Gomat	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	14 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	92 km

Villages closest to Loona Kalan

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

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Common questions about Loona Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Loona Kalan village had a population of 351. That makes it the 230th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Loona Kalan village has 187 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loona Kalan has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Loona Kalan is 345026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loona Kalan covers 1561.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Loona Kalan falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Loona Kalan is Ashapura Gomat, about 9.5 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 Loona Kalan.

Loona Kalan is about 92 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loona Kalan is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Ashapura Gomat is about 9.5 km away. Pokaran is about 14 km away. Jaisalmer is about 92 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.