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Lota Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Lota is a medium size village located in Bandgaon Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 91 families residing. The Lota village has population of 485 of which 246 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lota village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 20.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lota village is 972 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Lota as per census is 1063, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Lota village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Lota village was 46.89 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Lota Male literacy stands at 59.60 % while female literacy rate was 33.51 %.

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 91 - -
Population 485 246 239
Child (0-6) 99 48 51
Schedule Caste 20 10 10
Schedule Tribe 449 230 219
Literacy 46.89 % 59.60 % 33.51 %
Total Workers 148 102 46
Main Worker 98 - -
Marginal Worker 50 16 34

Caste Factor

In Lota village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.58 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.12 % of total population in Lota village.

Work Profile

In Lota village out of total population, 148 were engaged in work activities. 66.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 148 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.