Lawalong, Chatra Explained

Lawalong
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Jharkhand#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates:24.1507°N 84.6613°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Jharkhand
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Chatra
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:2582
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages (*For language details see Lawalong#Language and religion)
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi, Urdu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:825404
Area Code Type:Telephone/ STD code
Area Code:06559
Registration Plate:JH 13
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Chatra
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Simaria

Lawalong (also written as Lowalang) is a village and gram panchayat in the Lawalong CD block in the Simaria subdivision of the Chatra district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Lawalong is located at 24.1507°N 84.6613°W.

Area overview

The map alongside shows that the forests (mark the light shading), covering around 60% of Chatra district, are evenly spread across the district. It is a plateau area with an elevation of about 450m (1,480feet) above mean sea level.[1] Efforts are on to get the first unit of the NTPC Limited’s North Karanpura Thermal Power Station (3x660 MW), ready in 2021.[2] North Karanpura Coalfield of Central Coalfields Limited, spread over in the southern part of the district, with spill over to neighbouring districts, and having coal reserves of 14 billion tonnes is among the biggest in India. The map provides links to three CCL operational areas.[3]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Lowalang (location code 348604) had a total population of 2,582, of which 1,416 (55%) were males and 1,166 (45%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 456. The total number of literate persons in Lowalang was 1,466 (68.96% of the population over 6 years).[4]

Civic administration

Police station

Lawalong police station serves Lawalong CD block.[5]

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Lawalong CD block is at Lawalong village.[6]

Lawalong Wildlife Sanctuary

The beat office of Lawalong Beat of Lawalong Wildlife Sanctuary is situated at Lawalong village.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chatra - the official website . Blocks, Circles & Panchayats – List of villages under Panchayats . Chatra district authority . 15 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160627231221/http://chatra.nic.in/blocks.html . 27 June 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: Pandemic delays NTPC's Karanpura mega project in Chatra . The Times of India, 9 September 2020 . 15 January 2021.
  3. Web site: The North Karanpura Coalfields . https://archive.today/20150516093809/http://sinclairenvironmental.com/karanpura/coalfields.htm . dead . 16 May 2015 . Jharkhand . sinclair-environmental . 15 January 2021 .
  4. Web site: District Census Handbook, Chatra, Series 21, Part XII B. Page 119: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census . Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand . 12 January 2021.
  5. Web site: District Police Profile – Chatra . Contact Number . Jharkhand Police. 12 January 2021.
  6. Web site: Administrative Boundary Map, Chatra District, Jharkhand. Chatra district administration. 12 January 2021.
  7. Web site: Management Plan of Lawalong Wildlife Sanctuary . The protected Area – the Existing Situation . 7 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090410055819/http://jharenvis.nic.in/files/lawalongMP_PartI.pdf . 2009-04-10 . dead.
  8. Web site: Lawalong (Chatra) Wildlife Sanctuary . Wild Trails . 7 January 2021.