Loni

Loni is a town in Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh state, National Capital Region of India.GeographyLoni is located at. It has an average elevation of 283m.Loni Nagar Palika ParisadLoni Nagar Palika Parisad was first established on 31 March 1971 as a Nagar Panchayat. Its office is located in Khanna Nagar. According to 2011 census, its population is 516,082. Its area is 34.68 square km. Loni Nagar Palika Parisad is divided into 45 wards. It has total of 36 employees.Loni TehsilLoni became a new tehsil in Ghaziabad district, within Meerut division, with its headquarters at Roopnagar Industrial Area, about 17 km west of the district headquarters. The tehsil comprises about 49 villages. This will be the basic administrative unit that will allow the people to raise their grievances and get them addressed quickly. Tehsil forms the grassroots administrative setup that takes care of land revenue. The order to this effect was issued by principal secretary, revenue, Kishan Singh Atoria.Loni Assembly ConstituencyLoni Assembly comes under the Ghaziabad (Lok Sabha constituency). As per notification No. 282/UP/2006, Loni also became a separate assembly constituency, known as 53-Loni. Loni also has its own independent Nagar Palika Parisad.Current MLA is Nand Kishor Gurjar, BJP.The Loni assembly constituency includes the parliamentary constituencies of 2-Loni KC and Loni NP of 2-Ghaziabad tehsil. They are:Demographics, Loni had a population of 516,082. Males constitute 275,025 (52.8%) of the population and females 241,057 (47.2%). The total number of households in Loni is 89,634. Loni has an average literacy rate of 75.24%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 83.14%, and female literacy is 66.15%. In Loni, around 15% of the population is under six years of age.