Village · Dighalbank, Kishanganj
# Lohargarha

Lohargarha is a village in Dighalbank sub-district of Kishanganj district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 4,584 people in 972 households, the 18th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 49.4%.
- 4,584 people (2011)
- 972 households
- 59.0% literacy
- 942 females per 1,000 males

## Lohargarha PIN code and other codes

Lohargarha falls in Dighalbank sub-district, Kishanganj district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Lohagara
- Community development block Dighalbank
- Census village code 222297

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Lohargarha from nearby towns?
- Dighalbank (sub-district HQ) 6 km by road
- Kishanganj (district HQ) 55 km by road
- Bahadurganj (nearest town) 22 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Lohargarha?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Lohargarha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ● Post office In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Dighalbank
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Lohargarha known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 87% of the 1,011 hectares of village land is sown, and 371 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Lohargarha

Of every 100 households in Lohargarha in 2011, 18 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lohargarha · ■ Dighalbank rural average
- Electricity for lighting 18% 9%
- Toilet within the home 1% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 95%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 43% 44%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 99%
- Use banking services 15% 16%
- Television 3% 5%
- Mobile phone 26% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 35% 30%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Lohargarha?

■ Lohargarha · ■ Dighalbank rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.0% 49.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 942 957
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 996 979
- Working population 36.3% 32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 48.3% for women. 46% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 454 (27%) · ■ Farm labourers 361 (22%) · ■ Household industry 8 (0%) · ■ Other work 43 (3%) · ■ Marginal 797 (48%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Dighalbank
- Patharghatti 5,082 people
- Karuamani 4,943 people
- Kurhaili 4,933 people
- Singhimari 4,918 people
- Kalpir Pathar Ghatti 4,512 people
- Mahamari 4,412 people
- Kumhia 3,922 people
- Kachunala 3,921 people

All 81 villages in Dighalbank

## Quick answers
- How far is Lohargarha from Kishanganj? 55 km by road
- What is the population of Lohargarha? 4,584 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lohargarha in? Kishanganj district (Dighalbank sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Lohargarha? 59.0% (Census 2011)

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