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Lotwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Lotwa is a medium size village located in Nilambar-Pitambarpur(Lesliganj) Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 237 families residing. The Lotwa village has population of 1106 of which 563 are males while 543 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lotwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 15.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lotwa village is 964 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Lotwa as per census is 857, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Lotwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Lotwa village was 62.01 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Lotwa Male literacy stands at 75.85 % while female literacy rate was 47.96 %.

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

Lotwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 237 - -
Population 1,106 563 543
Child (0-6) 169 91 78
Schedule Caste 937 465 472
Schedule Tribe 3 2 1
Literacy 62.01 % 75.85 % 47.96 %
Total Workers 437 308 129
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 386 259 127

Caste Factor

In Lotwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 84.72 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.27 % of total population in Lotwa village.

Work Profile

In Lotwa village out of total population, 437 were engaged in work activities. 11.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 437 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.