About Lawa Village

Lawa is a small village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 79, made up of 39 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491988, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lawa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Bodla
Pincode	491988
Area (hectares)	31.72 hectares
Population	79
Male Population	39
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
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 the 285th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 31.72 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

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 33 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 71 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 town	Malajkhand	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bodla	28 km
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	33 km
Nearest railway station	Bamhani Banjar	71 km

Villages closest to Lawa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bodla 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 79. That makes it the 285th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Lawa village has 39 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lawa has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Lawa is 491988. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lawa covers 31.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lawa falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Lawa is Bamhani Banjar, about 71 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 33 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lawa is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Malajkhand is about 26 km away. Bodla is about 28 km away. Kabeerdham is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.