About Lokayat Village

Lokayat is a mid sized village in Phalodi tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 859, made up of 455 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1329 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lokayat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lokayat village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jodhpur
Tehsil	Phalodi
Pincode	342301
Area (hectares)	1329 hectares
Population	859
Male Population	455
Female Population	404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lokayat compares

By the 2011 count Lokayat is the 186th largest of the 476 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 1329 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 907.

Getting to Lokayat

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

Lokayat lies about 130 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Marwar Bithri, 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 Lokayat
Nearest railway station	Marwar Bithri	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phalodi	18 km
District headquarters	Jodhpur	130 km

Villages closest to Lokayat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lokayat village had a population of 859. That makes it the 186th largest of the 476 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Lokayat village has 455 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lokayat has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Lokayat is 342301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lokayat covers 1329 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lokayat falls under Phalodi tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Lokayat is Marwar Bithri, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Lokayat.

Lokayat is about 130 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lokayat is in Phalodi tehsil of Jodhpur district. Marwar Bithri is about 13 km away. Phalodi is about 18 km away. Jodhpur is about 130 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.