About Lerwa Village

Lerwa is a small village in Karon tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 16 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57 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	Karon
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	57 hectares
Population	30
Male Population	16
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lerwa compares

By the 2011 count Lerwa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 631 residents. Its 57 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Lerwa

Lerwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lerwa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lerwa from other places

Lerwa lies about 40 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 5.5 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
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	5.5 km
Nearest town	Giridih	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karon	32 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	40 km

Villages closest to Lerwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karon 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 30. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 631 residents.

Lerwa village has 16 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lerwa has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

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

Lerwa covers 57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lerwa falls under Karon tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lerwa is Maheshmunda Junction, about 5.5 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lerwa.

Lerwa is about 40 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 Karon tehsil of Deoghar district. Maheshmunda Junction is about 5.5 km away. Giridih is about 14 km away. Karon is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.