About Loto Village

Loto is a small village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 362, made up of 186 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 524 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loto Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loto village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Chhatarpur
Pincode	822113
Area (hectares)	524 hectares
Population	362
Male Population	186
Female Population	176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Loto compares

By the 2011 count Loto is the 94th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 524 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Loto

Loto is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Loto as Available within 5 - 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 Loto from other places

Loto lies about 6.9 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Nimiaghat, about 13 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 Loto
Tehsil headquarters	Chhatarpur	6.9 km
District headquarters	Palamu	6.9 km
Nearest town	Kāro	12 km
Nearest railway station	Nimiaghat	13 km

Villages closest to Loto

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhatarpur 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 Loto

As per the Census of India 2011, Loto village had a population of 362. That makes it the 94th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Loto village has 186 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loto has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Loto is 822113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loto covers 524 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Loto falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Loto is Nimiaghat, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Loto.

Loto is about 6.9 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loto is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Palamu district. Chhatarpur is about 6.9 km away. Palamu is about 6.9 km away. Kāro is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.