Village · Kashipur, Puruliya
# Lohat

Lohat is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,210 people in 243 households, the 45th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.
- 1,210 people (2011)
- 243 households
- 52.6% literacy
- 1,075 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lohat

Of every 100 households in Lohat in 2011, 18 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lohat · ■ Kashipur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 18% 30%
- Toilet within the home 3% 8%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 91%
- Tap water 1% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 6%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 94% 84%
- Use banking services 11% 50%
- Television 7% 16%
- Mobile phone 28% 32%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 22% 21%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Lohat?

■ Lohat · ■ Kashipur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 52.6% 69.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1075 964
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 946 937
- Working population 53.7% 43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 40.9% for women. 58% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 59 (9%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 25 (4%) · ■ Marginal 565 (87%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Kashipur
- Rangamatia 1,316 people
- Kustor 1,296 people
- Bodma 1,260 people
- Kushjuri 1,252 people
- Majurjura 1,204 people
- Dhanera 1,165 people
- Kuardi 1,148 people
- Bhatin 1,137 people

All 209 villages in Kashipur

## Other places named Lohat
- Lohat · Village, Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar · 1,358 people
- Lohat · Village, Salanpur, Barddhaman · 930 people
- Lohat · Village, Balachaur, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar · 795 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Lohat? 1,210 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lohat in? Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lohat? 52.6% (Census 2011)

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