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About Lawar Palla Village

Lawar Palla is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 76 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lawar Palla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lawar Palla village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 246172
Area (hectares) 140.31 hectares
Population 140
Male Population 76
Female Population 64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lawar Palla compares

By the 2011 count Lawar Palla is the 74th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 140.31 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1227.

Getting to Lawar Palla

Lawar Palla is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Lawar Palla as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Lawar Palla from other places

Lawar Palla lies about 8.6 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 16 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 Lawar Palla
District headquarters Garhwal 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 13 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 16 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 16 km

Villages closest to Lawar Palla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Satpuli 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 Lawar Palla

As per the Census of India 2011, Lawar Palla village had a population of 140. That makes it the 74th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Lawar Palla village has 76 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lawar Palla has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1227.

The pincode recorded for Lawar Palla is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lawar Palla covers 140.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lawar Palla falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Lawar Palla is Kotdwara, about 16 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Lawar Palla.

Lawar Palla is about 8.6 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lawar Palla is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 8.6 km away. Satpuli is about 13 km away. Kotdwāra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Odal Bara (2.1 km), Odal Chota (2.1 km) and Hit Kandala (3.4 km).

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

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