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Lawa Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Lawa is a small village located in Jamboni Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 39 families residing. The Lawa village has population of 169 of which 91 are males while 78 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 14.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lawa village is 857 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Lawa as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Lawa village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Lawa village was 79.31 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Lawa Male literacy stands at 93.67 % while female literacy rate was 62.12 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Lawa village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Lawa village.

Lawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 39 - -
Population 169 91 78
Child (0-6) 24 12 12
Schedule Caste 34 18 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.31 % 93.67 % 62.12 %
Total Workers 62 56 6
Main Worker 40 - -
Marginal Worker 22 17 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.12 % of total population in Lawa village. The village Lawa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Lawa village out of total population, 62 were engaged in work activities. 64.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 62 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.