About Lotwa Village

Lotwa is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 347, made up of 186 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 197 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lotwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lotwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kunda
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	197 hectares
Population	347
Male Population	186
Female Population	161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lotwa compares

By the 2011 count Lotwa is the 34th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 197 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Lotwa

Lotwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lotwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lotwa from other places

Lotwa lies about 27 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 48 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Lotwa
Tehsil headquarters	Kunda	5.5 km
District headquarters	Chatra	27 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	27 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	48 km

Villages closest to Lotwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kunda tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Lotwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Lotwa village had a population of 347. That makes it the 34th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Lotwa village has 186 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lotwa has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Lotwa is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lotwa covers 197 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lotwa falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lotwa is Balumath, about 48 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lotwa.

Lotwa is about 27 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lotwa is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 5.5 km away. Chatra is about 27 km away. Chatrā is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.