# Lohargara Village, Ketar*, Garhwa (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Ketar*, Garhwa 

# Lohargara

Lohargara is a village in Ketar* sub-district of Garhwa district, Jharkhand, PIN code **822120**. The 2011 Census counted **2,019 people in 359 households**, the 9th largest of 31 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.3%.

- 2,019people (2011)
- 359households
- 64.0%literacy
- 822120PIN code

## Lohargara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Lohargara is 822120.** Lohargara falls in Ketar* sub-district, Garhwa district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code822120
- Gram panchayatLohargara
- Community development blockKetar*
- Census village code347211

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

## How far is Lohargara from nearby towns?

- Ketar (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Garhwa (district HQ)60 km by road
- Garhwa (nearest town)60 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 Lohargara?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Lohargara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kandi
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kandi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Garhwa
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Lohargara known for?

The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include gur. About 29% of the 235 hectares of village land is sown, and 7 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 Lohargara

Of every 100 households in Lohargara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lohargara · ■ Ketar* rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**98%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**23%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****62%**

**52%

Television ****8%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**45%

Own their home ****100%**

**100%

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 Lohargara?

■ Lohargara · ■ Ketar* rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**61.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**951

Working population ****36.2%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 45.3% for women. 45% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 242 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (11%) · **■** Other work 71 (10%) · **■** Marginal 334 (46%)

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 Ketar*

- Parsodih2,622 people
- Khonhar2,376 people
- Makundpur2,309 people
- Merauni Chherhat2,149 people
- Checharia2,011 people
- Tali1,940 people
- Hurka1,939 people
- Nawadih1,824 people

[All 31 villages in Ketar*](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/garhwa/ketar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Lohargara?822120
- How far is Lohargara from Garhwa?60 km by road
- What is the population of Lohargara?2,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lohargara in?Garhwa district (Ketar* sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Lohargara?64.0% (Census 2011)
