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About Loonawas Kalan Village

Loonawas Kalan is a mid sized village in Luni tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,491, made up of 774 males and 717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 998 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342802, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loonawas Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loonawas Kalan village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Tehsil Luni
Pincode 342802
Area (hectares) 998 hectares
Population 1,491
Male Population 774
Female Population 717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Loonawas Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Loonawas Kalan is the 45th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents. Its 998 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Loonawas Kalan

Loonawas Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Loonawas Kalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Loonawas Kalan from other places

Loonawas Kalan lies about 29 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Dudia, about 19 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 Loonawas Kalan
Nearest railway station Dudia 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Luni 22 km
Nearest town Sāngaria 25 km
District headquarters Jodhpur 29 km

Villages closest to Loonawas Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Luni 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 Loonawas Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Loonawas Kalan village had a population of 1,491. That makes it the 45th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents.

Loonawas Kalan village has 774 males and 717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loonawas Kalan has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Loonawas Kalan is 342802. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loonawas Kalan covers 998 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Loonawas Kalan falls under Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Loonawas Kalan is Dudia, about 19 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 village for Loonawas Kalan.

Loonawas Kalan is about 29 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loonawas Kalan is in Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district. Dudia is about 19 km away. Luni is about 22 km away. Sāngaria is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Loonawas Khurd (under 2 km), Gelawas (3.2 km) and Melawas (3.2 km).

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

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