About Lawan Village

Lawan is a mid sized village in Moth tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,976, made up of 1,030 males and 946 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 906.62 hectares hectares.

Lawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lawan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jhansi
Tehsil	Moth
Area (hectares)	906.62 hectares
Population	1,976
Male Population	1,030
Female Population	946
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Lawan compares

By the 2011 count Lawan is the 33rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 906.62 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Lawan

Lawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lawan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lawan from other places

Lawan lies about 49 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Moth, about 2.5 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 Lawan
Nearest railway station	Moth	2.5 km
Nearest town	Samthar	9.8 km
District headquarters	Jhansi	49 km

Villages closest to Lawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lawan village had a population of 1,976. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Lawan village has 1,030 males and 946 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lawan has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

Lawan covers 906.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lawan falls under Moth tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lawan is Moth, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Lawan.

Lawan is about 49 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lawan is in Moth tehsil of Jhansi district. Moth is about 2.5 km away. Samthar is about 9.8 km away. Jhansi is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.