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- LGD code
- 506794
- Pincode
- 370001
- Post office
- Bhuj Darbargadh Chowk
- Population
- 2,084
- Households
- 425
- Literacy rate
- 51.8%
- Sex ratio
- 905 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 887
- Distance to district centre
- 179 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 174 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 372 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 695 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Loria compares
By population, Loria ranks #36 of 159 villages in Bhuj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.8%
+1.5% vs mandal average
- Loria
- 51.8%
- Bhuj mandal
- 50.3%
- Kachchh district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
905
−59 vs mandal average
- Loria
- 905
- Bhuj mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Loria
- 4.9
- Bhuj mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Loria at a glance
Loria is a village of 2,084 people in 425 households (Census 2011) in Bhuj taluka, Kachchh district, Gujarat, the 36th-largest of 159 villages in Bhuj taluka. Literacy is 52%, 2 points above the taluka average of 50% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. It lies 179 km from the Kachchh district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 370001, served by Bhuj Darbargadh Chowk post office; the LGD village code is 506794. The village votes in Bhuj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshubhai Shivdas Patel. The population is estimated at 2,457 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Loria
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHUJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LORIA
- Total area (ha)
- 6,364.77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4,515.02
- Forest area (ha)
- 60
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Loria
- LGD code
- 506794
- Pincode
- 370001
- Post office
- Bhuj Darbargadh Chowk
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,084
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,457
- Households
- 425
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 905
- Literacy rate
- 51.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.30271°N, 69.18324°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kachchh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhuj
- Member of Parliament
- Vinodbhai Chavda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Keshubhai Shivdas Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Bhuj
Getting there
How to reach Loria
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar372 kmcapital
- Mumbai695 km
- Delhi931 km
- Hyderabad1235 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Loria
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Dargah Hazrat Shah Hussain BukhariTemple3.0 km ↗
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)