# Lohar Village, Gwalpara, Madhepura (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Gwalpara, Madhepura 

# Lohar

Lohar is a village in Gwalpara sub-district of Madhepura district, Bihar, PIN code **852115**. The 2011 Census counted **1,974 people in 394 households**, the 24th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.9%.

- 1,974people (2011)
- 394households
- 64.1%literacy
- 852115PIN code

## Lohar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Lohar is 852115.** Lohar falls in Gwalpara sub-district, Madhepura district, Bihar.

- PIN code852115
- Gram panchayatGwalpada
- Community development blockGwalpara
- Census village code226063

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Lohar from nearby towns?

- Gwalpara (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Madhepura (district HQ)25 km by road
- Madhepura (nearest town)24 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Lohar?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gwalpara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Madhepura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Madhepura
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 2 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Lohar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. Products made here include rice mills. About 86% of the 197 hectares of village land is sown, and 25 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Lohar

Of every 100 households in Lohar in 2011, 18 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lohar · ■ Gwalpara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****19%**

**25%

Television ****11%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****74%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Lohar?

■ Lohar · ■ Gwalpara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**52.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**938

Working population ****35.3%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 53.8% for women. 45% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 147 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 287 (41%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 34 (5%) · **■** Marginal 224 (32%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gwalpara

- Kalotaha2,414 people
- Birgaon2,057 people
- Birgaon2,026 people
- Parsi2,008 people
- Bishunpur Kantahi1,927 people
- Siswapatti1,850 people
- Amauja1,758 people
- Chatra Chak1,741 people

[All 51 villages in Gwalpara](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/madhepura/gwalpara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Lohar?852115
- How far is Lohar from Madhepura?25 km by road
- What is the population of Lohar?1,974 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lohar in?Madhepura district (Gwalpara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Lohar?64.1% (Census 2011)