# Lochar Village, Keredari, Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Keredari, Hazaribagh 

# Lochar

Lochar is a village in Keredari sub-district of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, PIN code **825321**. The 2011 Census counted **323 people in 61 households**, the 56th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 323people (2011)
- 61households
- 76.8%literacy
- 825321PIN code

## Lochar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Lochar is 825321.** Lochar falls in Keredari sub-district, Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code825321
- Gram panchayatBengbari
- Community development blockKeredari
- Census village code368734

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

## How far is Lochar from nearby towns?

- Keredari (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Hazaribagh (district HQ)49 km by road
- Hazaribagh (nearest town)49 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 Lochar?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Lochar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Lochar
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Hazaribagh
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hazaribagh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hazaribagh
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 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 and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 4 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 Lochar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 80% of the 98 hectares of village land is sown, and 32 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 Lochar

Of every 100 households in Lochar in 2011, 92 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lochar · ■ Keredari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**30%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**15%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**51%

Use banking services ****74%**

**63%

Television ****26%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Lochar?

■ Lochar · ■ Keredari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****593**

**960

Working population ****44.9%**

**44.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 65.2% for women. 43% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 79 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (13%) · **■** Other work 10 (7%) · **■** Marginal 37 (26%)

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 Keredari

- Phusri411 people
- Ghutu405 people
- Porra394 people
- Niri358 people
- Harila316 people
- Basaria280 people
- Bhadaikhap279 people
- Kajea265 people

[All 76 villages in Keredari](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/hazaribagh/keredari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Lochar?825321
- How far is Lochar from Hazaribagh?49 km by road
- What is the population of Lochar?323 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lochar in?Hazaribagh district (Keredari sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Lochar?76.8% (Census 2011)