# Lota Village, Sonua, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Sonua, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Lota

Lota is a village in Sonua sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833102**. The 2011 Census counted **670 people in 139 households**, the 44th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.

- 670people (2011)
- 139households
- 60.9%literacy
- 833102PIN code

## Lota PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Lota is 833102.** Lota falls in Sonua sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833102
- Gram panchayatAsantaliya
- Community development blockSonua
- Census village code376856

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

## How far is Lota from nearby towns?

- Chaibasa (district HQ)36 km by road
- Chakradharpur (nearest town)10 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 Lota?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Lota; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chakardharpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds

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 Lota known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 20% of the 241 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Lota

Of every 100 households in Lota in 2011, 77 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lota · ■ Sonua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**54%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****9%**

**47%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**31%

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 Lota?

■ Lota · ■ Sonua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**59.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**992

Working population ****49.1%**

**53.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 45.7% for women. 47% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 154 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 170 (52%)

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 Sonua

- Udhuniyan697 people
- Jhingamarcha695 people
- Kasruan692 people
- Baidmara671 people
- Raghui667 people
- Jarakel651 people
- Kulundu646 people
- Bhutnasa640 people

[All 107 villages in Sonua](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/sonua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Lota?833102
- How far is Lota from Chaibasa?36 km by road
- What is the population of Lota?670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lota in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Sonua sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Lota?60.9% (Census 2011)