Luna, Rajasthan

Luna
लूणा
village
Country  India
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Tehsil Bap
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Luna is a village in Rajasthan, India, famous as the birthplace of Mehdi Hassan. It is a panchayat village[1] in Bap tehsil of Jodhpur District.[2] Prior to 2011, Luna was in Phalodi tehsil.[3]

Luna village might be the reference town for the famous motorette 'Luna' which was manufactured by Kinetic Industries of Uttar Pradesh in the late 1980s.

Demographics

In the India census of 2001, the village of Luna had a population of 1,620. Males constituted 54.7% (886) of the population and females 45.3% (734), for a gender ratio of 828 females per thousand males.[3]

Notes

  1. 2011 Village Panchayat Code for Luna = 35635, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Bap, Jodhpur, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
  2. 2001 Census Village code for Luna = 01912700, "2001 Census of India: List of Villages by Tehsil: Rajasthan" (PDF). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 380. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Census 2001 Population Finder: Rajasthan: Jodhpur: Phalodi: Luna". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013.


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