# Lotapota Village, Mathabhanga - II, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mathabhanga - II, Koch Bihar 

# Lotapota

Lotapota is a village in Mathabhanga - II sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,587 people in 1,559 households**, the 6th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.7%.

- 6,587people (2011)
- 1,559households
- 70.8%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lotapota

Of every 100 households in Lotapota in 2011, 7 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lotapota · ■ Mathabhanga - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**10%

Tap water ****4%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**89%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****37%**

**46%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Lotapota?

■ Lotapota · ■ Mathabhanga - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**72.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**939

Working population ****37.0%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 62.8% for women. 56% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 659 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 815 (33%) · **■** Household industry 32 (1%) · **■** Other work 546 (22%) · **■** Marginal 386 (16%)

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 Mathabhanga - II

- Bara Simulguri11,466 people
- Bara Saulmari9,558 people
- Angarkata Paradubi9,475 people
- Unish Basa8,818 people
- Ramthenga6,269 people
- Ruidanga Pratham Khanda6,161 people
- Dauaguri5,732 people
- Singijani5,296 people

[All 93 villages in Mathabhanga - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mathabhanga-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lotapota?6,587 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lotapota in?Koch Bihar district (Mathabhanga - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lotapota?70.8% (Census 2011)