About Awair Village

Awair is a mid sized village in Jogindarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 966, made up of 517 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Awair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awair village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Jogindarnagar
Pincode	176120
Area (hectares)	183.31 hectares
Population	966
Male Population	517
Female Population	449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Awair compares

By the 2011 count Awair is the 15th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 386 residents. Its 183.31 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1112.

Getting to Awair

Awair is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Awair 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Awair from other places

Awair lies about 33 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Adit Junction, about under 2 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 Awair
Nearest railway station	Adit Junction	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jogindarnagar	3.1 km
District headquarters	Mandi	33 km

Villages closest to Awair

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Awair village had a population of 966. That makes it the 15th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 386 residents.

Awair village has 517 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awair has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1112.

The pincode recorded for Awair is 176120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Awair covers 183.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Awair falls under Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Awair is Adit Junction, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Awair.

Awair is about 33 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awair is in Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Adit Junction is about under 2 km away. Jogindarnagar is about 3.1 km away. Mandi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.