Village · Handwara, Kupwara # Lohikot Lohikot is a village in Handwara sub-district of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. The 2011 Census counted 817 people in 126 households, the 123rd largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 12.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%. - 817 people (2011) - 126 households - 12.5% literacy - 874 females per 1,000 males ## Lohikot PIN code and other codes Lohikot falls in Handwara sub-district, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. - Gram panchayat Haril - Community development block Langet - Census village code 000270 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Lohikot from nearby towns? - Handwara (sub-district HQ) 21 km by road - Kupwara (district HQ) 41 km by road - Handwara (nearest town) 28 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Lohikot? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Lohikot; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private - ● Primary school In village · 2 govt - ● Middle school In village · 1 govt - ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● Private bus service 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 10+ km · Handwara - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Handwara - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Handwara - ○ Primary health centre 10+ km - ○ Allopathic hospital under 5 km - ○ Dispensary 10+ km - ○ Post office 10+ km - ○ Public bus service 10+ km - ○ Railway station 10+ km - ○ ATM 10+ km - ○ Commercial bank 10+ km - ○ Ration (PDS) shop 10+ km - ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km - ○ Public library 10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking water canal / river - Electricity (2011) 18 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 Lohikot known for? The main crops are rice, maiza and vegetables. Products made here include carpet. About 68% of the 71 hectares of village land is sown, and 9 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Lohikot Of every 100 households in Lohikot in 2011, 36 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Lohikot · ■ Handwara rural average - Electricity for lighting 36% 87% - Toilet within the home 0% 54% - No toilet (open defecation) 100% 36% - Tap water 23% 50% - Drinking water within premises 27% 24% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 9% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 90% - Use banking services 4% 59% - Television 4% 31% - Mobile phone 16% 65% - Computer with internet 0% 1% - Two-wheeler 0% 2% - Car / jeep / van 0% 3% - None of these assets 35% 19% - Own their home 97% 99% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Lohikot? ■ Lohikot · ■ Handwara rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 12.5% 63.7% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 874 901 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 964 899 - Working population 23.4% 26.6% ### Women and men Literacy is 16.3% for men and 8.0% for women. 43% of men and 1% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 11 (6%) · ■ Other work 7 (4%) · ■ Marginal 173 (91%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Handwara - Wara Pora 874 people - Shat Gund Bala 859 people - Ananwan 858 people - Sadura Gund 838 people - Spahan Yaru 799 people - Khudi 794 people - Wajhama 792 people - Shog Pora 788 people All 199 villages in Handwara ## Quick answers - How far is Lohikot from Kupwara? 41 km by road - What is the population of Lohikot? 817 (Census 2011) - Which district is Lohikot in? Kupwara district (Handwara sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir - What is the literacy rate of Lohikot? 12.5% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kupwara/handwara/lohikot/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.