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Lawa Population - Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir

Lawa is a medium size village located in Kishtwar Tehsil of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 94 families residing. The Lawa village has population of 440 of which 226 are males while 214 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 11.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lawa village is 947 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Lawa as per census is 563, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Lawa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Lawa village was 56.41 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Lawa Male literacy stands at 67.01 % while female literacy rate was 45.92 %.

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 94 - -
Population 440 226 214
Child (0-6) 50 32 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.41 % 67.01 % 45.92 %
Total Workers 225 110 115
Main Worker 223 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Lawa village of Kishtwar district.

Work Profile

In Lawa village out of total population, 225 were engaged in work activities. 99.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 225 workers engaged in Main Work, 215 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.