About Lawa Village

Lawa is a small village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 88, made up of 46 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lawa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Kuakonda
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	226.86 hectares
Population	88
Male Population	46
Female Population	42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lawa compares

By the 2011 count Lawa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 226.86 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Lawa

Lawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lawa as Available. 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 Lawa from other places

Lawa lies about 25 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 18 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 Lawa
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	18 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuakonda	25 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	25 km

Villages closest to Lawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lawa village had a population of 88. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Lawa village has 46 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lawa has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Lawa is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lawa covers 226.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lawa falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Lawa is Kirandul, about 18 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lawa.

Lawa is about 25 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lawa is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 18 km away. Bacheli is about 22 km away. Kuakonda is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.