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About Lawatara Village

Lawatara is a small village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 117, made up of 50 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,340 females per 1000 males. The village covers 420.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lawatara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lawatara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuikhadan
Pincode 491444
Area (hectares) 420.24 hectares
Population 117
Male Population 50
Female Population 67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,340
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lawatara compares

By the 2011 count Lawatara is the 200th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 420.24 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Lawatara

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

Lawatara lies about 75 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 65 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 Lawatara
Tehsil headquarters Chhuikhadan 28 km
Nearest town Kawardha 33 km
Nearest railway station Rasmara 65 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 75 km

Villages closest to Lawatara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lawatara village had a population of 117. That makes it the 200th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Lawatara village has 50 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lawatara has about 1340 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Lawatara is 491444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lawatara covers 420.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lawatara falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Lawatara is Rasmara, about 65 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 Lawatara.

Lawatara is about 75 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lawatara is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 28 km away. Kawardha is about 33 km away. Rasmara is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nachaniya (2.9 km), Saraipatera (6.1 km) and Munda Tola (6.8 km).

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

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