Village · Bichhua, Chhindwara
# Lohangi

Lohangi is a village in Bichhua sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 624 people in 123 households, the 56th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.
- 624 people (2011)
- 123 households
- 80.3% literacy
- 926 females per 1,000 males

## Lohangi PIN code and other codes

Lohangi falls in Bichhua sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Bichhua
- Census village code 495339

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Lohangi from nearby towns?
- Bichhua (sub-district HQ) 63 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ) 57 km by road
- Sausar (nearest town) 22 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Lohangi?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Lohangi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Sub post office In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Basoda
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Sausar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Sausar
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps
- Electricity (2011) 9 h summer · 9 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Lohangi known for?

The main crops are kapas, tuar and jawar. About 35% of the 707 hectares of village land is sown, and 25 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Lohangi

Of every 100 households in Lohangi in 2011, 95 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lohangi · ■ Bichhua rural average
- Electricity for lighting 95% 78%
- Toilet within the home 2% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 88%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 2% 7%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 43% 47%
- Television 34% 21%
- Mobile phone 11% 21%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 13% 13%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 55% 46%
- Own their home 98% 93%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Lohangi?

■ Lohangi · ■ Bichhua rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.3% 70.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 926 972
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 667 967
- Working population 55.0% 49.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 71.9% for women. 58% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 68 (20%) · ■ Farm labourers 246 (72%) · ■ Household industry 3 (1%) · ■ Other work 18 (5%) · ■ Marginal 8 (2%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bichhua
- Gadhewani 631 people
- Deni 629 people
- Umariya 627 people
- Majiyapar 626 people
- Sirepani 613 people
- Kursipar 598 people
- Gawari Mal. 597 people
- Gummach Khamariya 596 people

All 147 villages in Bichhua

## Quick answers
- How far is Lohangi from Chhindwara? 57 km by road
- What is the population of Lohangi? 624 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lohangi in? Chhindwara district (Bichhua sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Lohangi? 80.3% (Census 2011)

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