About Lawa Village

Lawa is a mid sized village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 925, made up of 430 males and 495 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,151 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lawa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Narendranagar
Pincode	249146
Area (hectares)	163.09 hectares
Population	925
Male Population	430
Female Population	495
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,151
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lawa compares

By the 2011 count Lawa is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 163.09 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Lawa

Lawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lawa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lawa from other places

Lawa lies about 32 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 11 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 Lawa
Tehsil headquarters	Narendranagar	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Yog Nagari Rishikesh	11 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	12 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	32 km

Villages closest to Lawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lawa village had a population of 925. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Lawa village has 430 males and 495 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lawa has about 1151 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Lawa is 249146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lawa covers 163.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lawa falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Lawa is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Lawa.

Lawa is about 32 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lawa is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 6.4 km away. Yog Nagari Rishikesh is about 11 km away. Rishīkesh is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.