About Lawa Village

Lawa is a mid sized village in Ramanujganj tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,035, made up of 533 males and 502 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 344.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lawa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Ramanujganj
Pincode	497220
Area (hectares)	344.35 hectares
Population	1,035
Male Population	533
Female Population	502
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lawa compares

By the 2011 count Lawa is the 62nd largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 344.35 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

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 village. 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 116 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 16 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	Meralgram	16 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramanujganj	34 km
District headquarters	Surguja	116 km

Villages closest to Lawa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramanujganj 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 1,035. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Lawa village has 533 males and 502 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lawa has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Lawa is 497220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lawa covers 344.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lawa falls under Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Lawa is Meralgram, about 16 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 village for Lawa.

Lawa is about 116 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lawa is in Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district. Meralgram is about 16 km away. Garhwa is about 22 km away. Ramanujganj is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.