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About Lowahatu Village

Lowahatu is a mid sized village in Majhgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 698, made up of 339 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lowahatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lowahatu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Majhgaon
Pincode 833214
Area (hectares) 300 hectares
Population 698
Male Population 339
Female Population 359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,059
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 Lowahatu compares

By the 2011 count Lowahatu is the 39th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 837 residents. Its 300 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Lowahatu

Lowahatu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lowahatu 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 Lowahatu from other places

Lowahatu lies about 66 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Badampahar, about 17 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 Lowahatu
Tehsil headquarters Majhgaon 8.1 km
Nearest railway station Badampahar 17 km
Nearest town Rairangpur 32 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 66 km

Villages closest to Lowahatu

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

Common questions about Lowahatu

As per the Census of India 2011, Lowahatu village had a population of 698. That makes it the 39th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 837 residents.

Lowahatu village has 339 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lowahatu has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Lowahatu is 833214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lowahatu covers 300 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lowahatu falls under Majhgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lowahatu is Badampahar, about 17 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 Lowahatu.

Lowahatu is about 66 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lowahatu is in Majhgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Majhgaon is about 8.1 km away. Badampahar is about 17 km away. Rairangpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Joaribhanga (under 2 km), Dhobadhobin (under 2 km) and Bara Kata (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lowahatu today is likely to be higher.

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