About Lawalang Village

Lawalang is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,298, made up of 657 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330 hectares hectares.

Lawalang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lawalang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Area (hectares)	330 hectares
Population	1,298
Male Population	657
Female Population	641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Lawalang compares

By the 2011 count Lawalang is the 40th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 330 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Lawalang

Lawalang is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lawalang 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lawalang from other places

Lawalang lies about 50 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Jogeswar Bihar, about 4.2 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 Lawalang
Nearest railway station	Jogeswar Bihar	4.2 km
Nearest town	Kuju	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	17 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	50 km

Villages closest to Lawalang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lawalang village had a population of 1,298. That makes it the 40th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Lawalang village has 657 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lawalang has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Lawalang covers 330 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lawalang falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lawalang is Jogeswar Bihar, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Lawalang.

Lawalang is about 50 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lawalang is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Jogeswar Bihar is about 4.2 km away. Kuju is about 16 km away. Gumia is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.