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About Lakhauwan Village

Lakhauwan is a mid sized village in Wazirganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,070, made up of 531 males and 539 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 193 hectares hectares.

Lakhauwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakhauwan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Wazirganj
Area (hectares) 193 hectares
Population 1,070
Male Population 531
Female Population 539
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Lakhauwan compares

By the 2011 count Lakhauwan is the 71st largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents. Its 193 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Lakhauwan

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

How far is Lakhauwan from other places

Lakhauwan lies about 38 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Narhat Halt, about 2.7 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 Lakhauwan
Nearest railway station Narhat Halt 2.7 km
Nearest town Hisua 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Wazirganj 14 km
District headquarters Gaya 38 km

Villages closest to Lakhauwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakhauwan village had a population of 1,070. That makes it the 71st largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents.

Lakhauwan village has 531 males and 539 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakhauwan has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Lakhauwan covers 193 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lakhauwan falls under Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Lakhauwan is Narhat Halt, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Lakhauwan is about 38 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakhauwan is in Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district. Narhat Halt is about 2.7 km away. Hisua is about 7.4 km away. Wazirganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dasrathpur (3.7 km), Naudiha Kalan (7.3 km) and Naudiha Khurd (7.3 km).

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

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