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Lohta
Lohta
Census town
	Lohta Location in Varanasi
	Coordinates: 25°18′40″N 82°56′08″E / 25.31111°N 82.93556°E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Varanasi
Population (2001)
• Total	19,695
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Lohta is a census town in Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Demographics

Religion in Lohta (2011)
Religion			Percent
Islam			76.34%
Hinduism			23.46%
Sikhism			0.03%
Christianity			0.06%
Others			0.10%

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Lohta had a population of 19,695. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Lohta has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55%, and female literacy is 45%. In Lohta, 22% of the population is under 6 years of age. Since 1930 to present lohta is the largest producer of banarasi sarees.

References

^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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[1] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

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