Lotwa Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Lotwa is a medium size village located in Basia Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 192 families residing. The Lotwa village has population of 1015 of which 521 are males while 494 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lotwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 164 which makes up 16.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lotwa village is 948 which is equal than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Lotwa as per census is 1187, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Lotwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Lotwa village was 70.04 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Lotwa Male literacy stands at 81.39 % while female literacy rate was 57.53 %.

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	192	-	-
Population	1,015	521	494
Child (0-6)	164	75	89
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	717	364	353
Literacy	70.04 %	81.39 %	57.53 %
Total Workers	572	301	271
Main Worker	54	-	-
Marginal Worker	518	267	251

Caste Factor

In Lotwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.64 % of total population in Lotwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lotwa village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Lotwa village out of total population, 572 were engaged in work activities. 9.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 572 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.