About Andwas Village

Andwas is a small village in Chaurah tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 452, made up of 246 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Andwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Andwas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Chaurah
Pincode	176316
Area (hectares)	461.45 hectares
Population	452
Male Population	246
Female Population	206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Andwas compares

By the 2011 count Andwas is the 79th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 441 residents. Its 461.45 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Andwas

Andwas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Andwas as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Andwas from other places

Andwas lies about 27 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 62 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 Andwas
Tehsil headquarters	Chaurah	27 km
District headquarters	Chamba	27 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	62 km

Villages closest to Andwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Andwas village had a population of 452. That makes it the 79th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 441 residents.

Andwas village has 246 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Andwas has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Andwas is 176316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Andwas covers 461.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Andwas falls under Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Andwas is Nurpur Road, about 62 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Andwas.

Andwas is about 27 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Andwas is in Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district. Chaurah is about 27 km away. Chamba is about 27 km away. Nurpur Road is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.