About Awam Village

Awam is a large village in Tardih tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,027, made up of 1,004 males and 1,023 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93 hectares hectares.

Awam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awam village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Darbhanga
Tehsil	Tardih
Area (hectares)	93 hectares
Population	2,027
Male Population	1,004
Female Population	1,023
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Awam compares

By the 2011 count Awam is the 24th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,245 residents. Its 93 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Awam

Awam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Awam as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Awam from other places

Awam lies about 36 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Lohna Road, about 2.1 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 Awam
Nearest railway station	Lohna Road	2.1 km
Nearest town	Jhanjhārpur	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tardih	7.6 km
District headquarters	Darbhanga	36 km

Villages closest to Awam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tardih 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 Awam

As per the Census of India 2011, Awam village had a population of 2,027. That makes it the 24th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,245 residents.

Awam village has 1,004 males and 1,023 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awam has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Awam covers 93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Awam falls under Tardih tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Awam is Lohna Road, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Awam is about 36 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awam is in Tardih tehsil of Darbhanga district. Lohna Road is about 2.1 km away. Jhanjhārpur is about 6.4 km away. Tardih is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.