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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
REKHA DEVI
Contact: 98****1449
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- LGD code
- 375669
- Pincode
- 835824
- Population
- 644
- Households
- 123
- Literacy rate
- 50.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1091 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 302
Census 2011 · in context
How Lawagain compares
By population, Lawagain ranks #66 of 88 villages in Sisai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.5%
−1.5% vs mandal average
- Lawagain
- 50.5%
- Sisai mandal
- 52.0%
- Gumla district
- 54.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,091
+91 vs mandal average
- Lawagain
- 1,091
- Sisai mandal
- 1,000
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Lawagain
- 5.2
- Sisai mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lawagain at a glance
Lawagain is a village of 644 people in 123 households (Census 2011) in Sisai block, Gumla district, Jharkhand, the 66th-largest of 88 villages in Sisai block. Literacy is 51%, 2 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,091 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 835824; the LGD village code is 375669. The sarpanch is REKHA DEVI, and the village votes in Khijri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kachhap. The population is estimated at 759 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lawagain
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GUMLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 34
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 34
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHURSO
- Total area (ha)
- 292
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 28.18
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lawagain
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Key facts — Lawagain
- LGD code
- 375669
- Pincode
- 835824
- Population (Census 2011)
- 644
- Population (projected 2026)
- 759
- Households
- 123
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1091
- Literacy rate
- 50.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranchi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khijri
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Seth
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Kachhap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- REKHA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Sisai
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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