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About Laganwa Village

Laganwa is a mid sized village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,036, made up of 486 males and 550 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,132 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laganwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laganwa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Barkatha
Pincode 825323
Area (hectares) 246.94 hectares
Population 1,036
Male Population 486
Female Population 550
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,132
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 Laganwa compares

By the 2011 count Laganwa is the 34th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 246.94 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Laganwa

Laganwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Laganwa 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. The nearest villages by name are Koso, Kumardiha, Kunhara Kalan and Kunharakhurd. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Laganwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Laganwa village had a population of 1,036. That makes it the 34th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Laganwa village has 486 males and 550 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laganwa has about 1132 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Laganwa is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laganwa covers 246.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Laganwa falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Laganwa notes the nearest railway station 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 Laganwa.

Laganwa is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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