About Lawbah Village

Lawbah is a mid sized village in Mawsynram tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,280, made up of 634 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lawbah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lawbah village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawsynram
Pincode	793113
Population	1,280
Male Population	634
Female Population	646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lawbah compares

By the 2011 count Lawbah is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Lawbah

Lawbah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lawbah as Available within 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 Lawbah from other places

Lawbah lies about 32 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is শাহবাজপুর, about 83 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 Lawbah
Tehsil headquarters	Mawsynram	7.5 km
Nearest town	Shella	9.7 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	32 km
Nearest railway station	শাহবাজপুর	83 km

Villages closest to Lawbah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lawbah village had a population of 1,280. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Lawbah village has 634 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lawbah has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Lawbah is 793113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lawbah falls under Mawsynram tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Lawbah is শাহবাজপুর, about 83 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 village for Lawbah.

Lawbah is about 32 km from East Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lawbah is in Mawsynram tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Mawsynram is about 7.5 km away. Shella is about 9.7 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.