# Lohan Village, Chewara, Sheikhpura (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura 

# Lohan

Lohan is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar, PIN code **811105**. The 2011 Census counted **5,128 people in 775 households**, the 2nd largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 5,128people (2011)
- 775households
- 59.4%literacy
- 811105PIN code

## Lohan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Lohan is 811105.** Lohan falls in Chewara sub-district, Sheikhpura district, Bihar.

- PIN code811105
- Gram panchayatLohan
- Community development blockChewara
- Census village code244042

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

## How far is Lohan from nearby towns?

- Chewara (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Sheikhpura (district HQ)17 km by road
- Sheikhpura (nearest town)17 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 Lohan?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Lohan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 3 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chewara
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 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 Lohan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 1,185 hectares of village land is sown, and 1,166 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 Lohan

Of every 100 households in Lohan in 2011, 25 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lohan · ■ Chewara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**79%

Tap water ****9%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****31%**

**34%

Television ****12%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Lohan?

■ Lohan · ■ Chewara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**958

Working population ****41.8%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 48.9% for women. 49% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 636 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 952 (44%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 124 (6%) · **■** Marginal 421 (20%)

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 Chewara

- Chewara8,608 people
- Chhatiara3,275 people
- Ekarha3,275 people
- Chakandara3,027 people
- Seani2,990 people

[All 39 villages in Chewara](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sheikhpura/chewara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Lohan?811105
- How far is Lohan from Sheikhpura?17 km by road
- What is the population of Lohan?5,128 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lohan in?Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Lohan?59.4% (Census 2011)
