# Lotan Village, Chitrangi, Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chitrangi, Singrauli 

# Lotan

Lotan is a village in Chitrangi sub-district of Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **986 people in 175 households**, the 135th largest of 300 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.6%.

- 986people (2011)
- 175households
- 51.0%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Lotan PIN code and other codes

Lotan falls in Chitrangi sub-district, Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockChitrangi
- Census village code503589

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

## How far is Lotan from nearby towns?

- Chitrangi (sub-district HQ)40 km by road
- Singrauli (district HQ)36 km by road
- Morva (nearest town)12 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 Lotan?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Lotan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kerall
- ○Degree college10+ km · Baidhan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Baidhan
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)9 h summer · 9 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 Lotan known for?

The main crops are **chana and dhan**. About 65% of the 476 hectares of village land is sown, and 28 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 Lotan

Of every 100 households in Lotan in 2011, 25 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lotan · ■ Chitrangi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**97%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****54%**

**35%

Television ****6%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**55%

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 Lotan?

■ Lotan · ■ Chitrangi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.0%**

**55.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**923

Working population ****50.4%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.4% for men and 39.7% for women. 52% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 155 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 326 (66%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Chitrangi

- Jamtihawa1,012 people
- Padri1,008 people
- Amlihawa1,001 people
- Badgada995 people
- Semra982 people
- Harkati974 people
- Dighwar971 people
- Rampurwa960 people

[All 305 villages in Chitrangi](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/singrauli/chitrangi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Lotan from Singrauli?36 km by road
- What is the population of Lotan?986 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lotan in?Singrauli district (Chitrangi sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Lotan?51.0% (Census 2011)