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- LGD code
- 48850
- Pincode
- 262554
- Post office
- Munsiari
- Population
- 10
- Households
- 4
- Literacy rate
- 70%
- Sex ratio
- 429 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 10
Census 2011 · in context
How Lwa compares
By population, Lwa ranks #95 of 111 villages in Munsiari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.0%
+4.0% vs mandal average
- Lwa
- 70.0%
- Munsiari mandal
- 66.0%
- Pithoragarh district
- 71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
429
−549 vs mandal average
- Lwa
- 429
- Munsiari mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
2.5
−1.6 vs mandal average
- Lwa
- 2.5
- Munsiari mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lwa at a glance
Lwa is a village of 10 people in 4 households (Census 2011) in Munsiari tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 95th-largest of 111 villages in Munsiari tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 429 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 262554, served by Munsiari post office; the LGD village code is 48850. The village votes in Dharchula assembly constituency, represented by MLA Harish Singh Dhami. The population is estimated at 12 in 2026, up 20% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Lwa
- LGD code
- 48850
- Pincode
- 262554
- Post office
- Munsiari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 10
- Population (projected 2026)
- 12
- Households
- 4
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 429
- Literacy rate
- 70.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dharchula
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Harish Singh Dhami
- Block / Mandal
- Munsiari
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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