# Loba Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Loba

Loba is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,718 people in 424 households**, the 27th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 1,718people (2011)
- 424households
- 60.9%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Loba

Of every 100 households in Loba in 2011, 34 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Loba · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**77%

Use banking services ****21%**

**51%

Television ****10%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Loba?

■ Loba · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

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

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**980

Working population ****41.7%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.2% for men and 52.1% for women. 63% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 152 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 312 (44%) · **■** Other work 41 (6%) · **■** Marginal 211 (29%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Palashdanga1,783 people
- Kuita1,769 people
- Bakreswar1,741 people
- Jophlai1,729 people
- Basahari1,709 people
- Bodhgram1,705 people
- Jatra1,623 people
- Kantari1,568 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Loba?1,718 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Loba in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Loba?60.9% (Census 2011)