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Lohat Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Lohat is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 243 families residing. The Lohat village has population of 1210 of which 583 are males while 627 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lohat village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 11.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lohat village is 1075 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Lohat as per census is 946, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Lohat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Lohat village was 52.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Lohat Male literacy stands at 65.42 % while female literacy rate was 40.93 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Lohat 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 Lohat village.

Lohat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 243 - -
Population 1,210 583 627
Child (0-6) 144 74 70
Schedule Caste 181 88 93
Schedule Tribe 925 444 481
Literacy 52.63 % 65.42 % 40.93 %
Total Workers 650 337 313
Main Worker 85 - -
Marginal Worker 565 263 302

Caste Factor

In Lohat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.45 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 14.96 % of total population in Lohat village.

Work Profile

In Lohat village out of total population, 650 were engaged in work activities. 13.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 650 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.