About Lerwa Village

Lerwa is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 89, made up of 45 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lerwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lerwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	47 hectares
Population	89
Male Population	45
Female Population	44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Lerwa compares

By the 2011 count Lerwa is the 191st largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 47 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Lerwa

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

How far is Lerwa from other places

Lerwa lies about 30 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 21 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 Lerwa
Tehsil headquarters	Devipur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt	21 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	29 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	30 km

Villages closest to Lerwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lerwa village had a population of 89. That makes it the 191st largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Lerwa village has 45 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lerwa has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Lerwa is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lerwa covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lerwa falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lerwa is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lerwa.

Lerwa is about 30 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lerwa is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Devipur is about 17 km away. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 21 km away. Madhupur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.