Lota Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Lota is a medium size village located in Sonua Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 139 families residing. The Lota village has population of 670 of which 332 are males while 338 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lota village population of children with age 0-6 is 125 which makes up 18.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lota village is 1018 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Lota as per census is 984, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Lota village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Lota village was 60.92 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Lota Male literacy stands at 76.58 % while female literacy rate was 45.65 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Lota village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Lota village.

Lota Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	139	-	-
Population	670	332	338
Child (0-6)	125	63	62
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	289	144	145
Literacy	60.92 %	76.58 %	45.65 %
Total Workers	329	156	173
Main Worker	159	-	-
Marginal Worker	170	9	161

Caste Factor

In Lota village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.13 % of total population in Lota village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lota village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Lota village out of total population, 329 were engaged in work activities. 48.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 329 workers engaged in Main Work, 154 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.