About Lewa Village

Lewa is a mid sized village in Adhaura tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 903, made up of 488 males and 415 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 541 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lewa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Tehsil	Adhaura
Pincode	821116
Area (hectares)	541 hectares
Population	903
Male Population	488
Female Population	415
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
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 Lewa compares

By the 2011 count Lewa is the 20th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 531 residents. Its 541 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Lewa

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

Lewa lies about 47 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Bikramganj, about 13 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 Lewa
Tehsil headquarters	Adhaura	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Bikramganj	13 km
Nearest town	Nāsriganj	14 km
District headquarters	Kaimur	47 km

Villages closest to Lewa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lewa village had a population of 903. That makes it the 20th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 531 residents.

Lewa village has 488 males and 415 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lewa has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Lewa is 821116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lewa covers 541 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lewa falls under Adhaura tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Lewa is Bikramganj, about 13 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 Lewa.

Lewa is about 47 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lewa is in Adhaura tehsil of Kaimur district. Adhaura is about 9.0 km away. Bikramganj is about 13 km away. Nāsriganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.