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Luna, Rajasthan

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Luna
village
Country India
StateRajasthan
DistrictJhunjhunu
TehsilJhunjhunu
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeRJ-IN
Vehicle registrationRJ 18-

Luna is a village in Rajasthan, India, famous as the birthplace of Mehdi Hassan.[1] It is a panchayat village[2] in Alsisar Tehsil of Jhunjhunu District.[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.[4]

Demographics

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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.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Luna villagers long for Mehdi Hasan's recovery". The Times of India. 31 March 2009. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ 2011 Village Panchayat Code for Luna = 35635, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of luna, alsisar, jhunjhunu, Rajasthan". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013.
  3. ^ 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 2011.
  4. ^ Bureau, BL Pune (26 December 2022). "Kinetic's iconic Luna to don e-avatar". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 8 May 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "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.