About Awan Village

Awan is a large village in Biraul tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,919, made up of 2,103 males and 1,816 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252 hectares hectares.

Awan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Darbhanga
Tehsil	Biraul
Area (hectares)	252 hectares
Population	3,919
Male Population	2,103
Female Population	1,816
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Awan compares

By the 2011 count Awan is the 24th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,645 residents. Its 252 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Awan

Awan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Awan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Awan from other places

Awan lies about 31 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Biraul, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Awan
Nearest town	Benipur	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Biraul	11 km
District headquarters	Darbhanga	31 km

Villages closest to Awan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Biraul tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Awan

As per the Census of India 2011, Awan village had a population of 3,919. That makes it the 24th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,645 residents.

Awan village has 2,103 males and 1,816 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awan has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Awan covers 252 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Awan falls under Biraul tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Awan is Biraul, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Awan.

Awan is about 31 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awan is in Biraul tehsil of Darbhanga district. Benipur is about 4.4 km away. Biraul is about 11 km away. Darbhanga is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.