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About Lawraha Village

Lawraha is a mid sized village in Chandla tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,210, made up of 684 males and 526 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 769 females per 1000 males. The village covers 647.21 hectares hectares.

Lawraha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lawraha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chandla
Area (hectares) 647.21 hectares
Population 1,210
Male Population 684
Female Population 526
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 769
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lawraha compares

By the 2011 count Lawraha is the 22nd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents. Its 647.21 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 863.

Getting to Lawraha

Lawraha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lawraha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Lawraha from other places

Lawraha lies about 57 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 24 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 Lawraha
Tehsil headquarters Chandla 6.5 km
Nearest town Lauri 17 km
Nearest railway station Singhpur Dumra 24 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 57 km

Villages closest to Lawraha

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

Common questions about Lawraha

As per the Census of India 2011, Lawraha village had a population of 1,210. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents.

Lawraha village has 684 males and 526 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lawraha has about 769 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 863.

Lawraha covers 647.21 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.

Lawraha falls under Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lawraha is Singhpur Dumra, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Lawraha.

Lawraha is about 57 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lawraha is in Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chandla is about 6.5 km away. Lauri is about 17 km away. Singhpur Dumra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ludhgayan (under 2 km), Parsendi (1.8 km) and Pandepurwa (2.3 km).

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

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