Village · Gondiya, Gondiya
# Lahitola

Lahitola is a village in Gondiya sub-district of Gondiya district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted 833 people in 192 households, the 113th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.2%.
- 833 people (2011)
- 192 households
- 87.3% literacy
- 998 females per 1,000 males

## Lahitola PIN code and other codes

Lahitola falls in Gondiya sub-district, Gondiya district, Maharashtra.
- Community development block Gondiya
- Census village code 537779

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

## How far is Lahitola from nearby towns?
- Gondiya (sub-district HQ) 7 km by road
- Gondiya (district HQ) 7 km by road
- Gondiya (nearest town) 7 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Lahitola?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Lahitola; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Panderabodi
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Gondiya
- ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Gondiya
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 16 h summer · 16 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Lahitola known for?

About 83% of the 157 hectares of village land is sown, and 39 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Lahitola

Of every 100 households in Lahitola in 2011, 89 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lahitola · ■ Gondiya rural average
- Electricity for lighting 89% 83%
- Toilet within the home 65% 39%
- No toilet (open defecation) 35% 60%
- Tap water 1% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 21% 28%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 7% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 90% 94%
- Use banking services 42% 57%
- Television 32% 32%
- Mobile phone 38% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 14% 13%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 10% 19%
- Own their home 98% 95%

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

## What is the population of Lahitola?

■ Lahitola · ■ Gondiya rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 87.3% 83.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 998 1011
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1122 962
- Working population 56.4% 49.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 79.7% for women. 60% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 90 (19%) · ■ Farm labourers 67 (14%) · ■ Household industry 47 (10%) · ■ Other work 92 (20%) · ■ Marginal 174 (37%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Gondiya
- Khatitola 897 people
- Kharra 870 people
- Jagantola 853 people
- Sonpuri 834 people
- Umari 831 people
- Powaritola 829 people
- Dagotola 815 people
- Lodhi Tola 810 people

All 147 villages in Gondiya

## Quick answers
- How far is Lahitola from Gondiya? 7 km by road
- What is the population of Lahitola? 833 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lahitola in? Gondiya district (Gondiya sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Lahitola? 87.3% (Census 2011)

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