Latehar is one of 24 districts located in eastern Indian state Jharkhand. There are total 9 blocks which comes under Latehar district, and there are total 769 villages and 3 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Latehar district is 359 and number of houses in this district is 128066.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 699997. Out of total 699997, male population count is 355514, where as female population count is 344483 in Latehar.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 133682 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 133682 children 67851 are boys and 65831 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Latehar district is 47%. 332804 out of total 699997 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 56% and 199582 males are literate out of total 355514 male population, where as female literacy rate is 61% and 133222 out of total 344483 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Latehar district is 52%. 367193 out of total 699997 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 43% and 155932 males are illiterate out of total 355514 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 61% and 211261 out of total 344483 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Latehar district is 305166 and non-working population is 394831 and out of 305166 working population 47168 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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