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About Looniyas Village

Looniyas is a mid sized village in Merta tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,993, made up of 1,050 males and 943 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1060.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341510, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Looniyas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Looniyas village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Merta
Pincode 341510
Area (hectares) 1060.61 hectares
Population 1,993
Male Population 1,050
Female Population 943
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Looniyas compares

By the 2011 count Looniyas is the 48th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents. Its 1060.61 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Looniyas

Looniyas is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Looniyas as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Looniyas from other places

Looniyas lies about 78 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Merta City, 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 Looniyas
Tehsil headquarters Merta 19 km
Nearest railway station Merta City 19 km
District headquarters Nagaur 78 km

Villages closest to Looniyas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Looniyas village had a population of 1,993. That makes it the 48th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents.

Looniyas village has 1,050 males and 943 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Looniyas has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Looniyas is 341510. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Looniyas covers 1060.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Looniyas falls under Merta tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Looniyas is Merta City, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Looniyas.

Looniyas is about 78 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Looniyas is in Merta tehsil of Nagaur district. Merta is about 19 km away. Merta City is about 19 km away. Nagaur is about 78 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bargaon (3.7 km), Charnon Ki Dhani (3.7 km) and Peethas (4.0 km).

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

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