Ljukovo ( sr-cyr, Љуково) is a village in the

Inđija Inđija (, ; hu, India) is a town and a municipality located in the Srem District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the town has total population of 26,025, while the municipality has 47,433 inhabitants. It is located ...

municipality, in

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

n northern province of

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

. The village has a population numbering 1,525 people (2011 census). The village was formed in 1927 by workers on the nearby large Jojkić farm, settled from the Lika region in today's Croatia. Located around 5 km west of Inđija, it was named after the nearby stream of Ljukovo. After the World War II it had recorded population of around 500. It was mainly settled by migrants from Lika, Bosnia and

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. After the Yugoslav wars of 1990s, they were joined by the wave of refugees from Kninska krajina,

Cazin Cazin ( sr-cyrl, Цазин) is a city located in Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Bosanska Krajina region, near the borde ...

and

Sanski Most Sanski Most ( sr-cyrl, Сански Мост, ) is a town and municipality located in the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of the Sana River in northweste ...

. The villagers were mainly employed in industrial facilities in Inđija, chiefly the once great "Yugoslav Fur Factory". Today, most residents are involved in agriculture. Foundations of the village's Orthodox church were laid in 1992, and it was completed in 2003. It is dedicated to the Ascension of Mary (''Uspenje presvete Bogorodice''). Ljukovo became famous for its "Liars' Club" (Клуб Лажова), whose president was the local jokester Mirko Bera, and after his death, his son Stamenko took over.

Historical population

*1961: 897 *1971: 967 *1981: 1,191 *1991: 1,301 *2002: 1,604 *2011: 1,525

Historical population

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