# Lotamari Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Lotamari

Lotamari is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **273 people in 63 households**, the 106th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 273people (2011)
- 63households
- 53.7%literacy
- 796females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lotamari

Of every 100 households in Lotamari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lotamari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**36%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Lotamari?

■ Lotamari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.7%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****796**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**930

Working population ****39.2%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.5% for men and 43.6% for women. 67% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 94 (88%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (3%) · **■** Other work 9 (8%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Mekliganj

- Chhota Jikabari290 people
- Buraburi Patchhara289 people
- Purbba Panisala287 people
- Uttar Nijtaraf280 people
- Purba Bajejama Kuchlibari272 people
- Buraburi Dewanabas270 people
- Purbba Uchal Pukhari270 people
- Andaran Bhotbari269 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lotamari?273 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lotamari in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lotamari?53.7% (Census 2011)