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Lawan Population - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Lawan is a large village located in Pokaran Tehsil of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan with total 549 families residing. The Lawan village has population of 3456 of which 1798 are males while 1658 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 676 which makes up 19.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lawan village is 922 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Lawan as per census is 867, lower than Rajasthan average of 888.

Lawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Lawan village was 56.94 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Lawan Male literacy stands at 72.01 % while female literacy rate was 40.85 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Lawan 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 Lawan village.

Lawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 549 - -
Population 3,456 1,798 1,658
Child (0-6) 676 362 314
Schedule Caste 684 338 346
Schedule Tribe 542 301 241
Literacy 56.94 % 72.01 % 40.85 %
Total Workers 1,605 863 742
Main Worker 845 - -
Marginal Worker 760 288 472

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.79 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 15.68 % of total population in Lawan village.

Work Profile

In Lawan village out of total population, 1605 were engaged in work activities. 52.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1605 workers engaged in Main Work, 446 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 77 were Agricultural labourer.