About Lotan Village

Lotan is a mid sized village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 986, made up of 499 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476.29 hectares hectares.

Lotan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lotan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Singrauli
Tehsil	Chitrangi
Area (hectares)	476.29 hectares
Population	986
Male Population	499
Female Population	487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Lotan compares

By the 2011 count Lotan is the 122nd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 476.29 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Lotan

Lotan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lotan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lotan from other places

Lotan lies about 11 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Karaila Road Junction, about 3.6 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 Lotan
Nearest railway station	Karaila Road Junction	3.6 km
District headquarters	Singrauli	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitrangi	26 km

Villages closest to Lotan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lotan village had a population of 986. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Lotan village has 499 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lotan has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Lotan covers 476.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lotan falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lotan is Karaila Road Junction, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Lotan.

Lotan is about 11 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lotan is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Karaila Road Junction is about 3.6 km away. Singrauli is about 11 km away. Chitrangi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.