# Lohanda Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Lohanda

Lohanda is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,515 people in 355 households**, the 55th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,515people (2011)
- 355households
- 89.7%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lohanda

Of every 100 households in Lohanda in 2011, 61 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lohanda · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****93%**

**45%

Television ****22%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Lohanda?

■ Lohanda · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**972

Working population ****46.1%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.3% for men and 86.0% for women. 62% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 158 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (20%) · **■** Household industry 209 (30%) · **■** Other work 154 (22%) · **■** Marginal 36 (5%)

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 Tamluk

- Laichhanpur1,857 people
- Madanmohanchak1,663 people
- Chak Garupota1,601 people
- Bhubunkalua1,540 people
- Barbasanta1,511 people
- Salikadamodarpur1,487 people
- Jotankur1,474 people
- Kulberya1,468 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lohanda?1,515 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lohanda in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lohanda?89.7% (Census 2011)