# Lawa Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Lawa

Lawa is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **169 people in 39 households**, the 194th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 169people (2011)
- 39households
- 79.3%literacy
- 857females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lawa

Of every 100 households in Lawa in 2011, 28 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lawa · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****33%**

**25%

Television ****15%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Lawa?

■ Lawa · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****857**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**960

Working population ****36.7%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.7% for men and 62.1% for women. 62% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 9 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (3%) · **■** Other work 29 (47%) · **■** Marginal 22 (35%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jamboni

- Chhota Enyata172 people
- Maupal172 people
- Sati Ghata170 people
- Chaulisol169 people
- Bamdia166 people
- Bankber166 people
- Kismat Jambani162 people
- Tela Muri161 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lawa?169 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lawa in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lawa?79.3% (Census 2011)