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About Awahar Village

Awahar is a small village in Bangana tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 36 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174037, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Awahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awahar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Bangana
Pincode 174037
Area (hectares) 28.25 hectares
Population 78
Male Population 36
Female Population 42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,167
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Awahar compares

By the 2011 count Awahar is the 246th largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 241 residents. Its 28.25 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Awahar

Awahar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Awahar 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 Awahar from other places

Awahar lies about 38 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Awahar
Tehsil headquarters Bangana 20 km
Nearest railway station Amb Andaura 29 km
District headquarters Una 38 km
Nearest town Nangal 44 km

Villages closest to Awahar

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

Common questions about Awahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Awahar village had a population of 78. That makes it the 246th largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 241 residents.

Awahar village has 36 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awahar has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Awahar is 174037. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Awahar covers 28.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Awahar falls under Bangana tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Awahar is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Awahar.

Awahar is about 38 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awahar is in Bangana tehsil of Una district. Bangana is about 20 km away. Amb Andaura is about 29 km away. Una is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandhar Solhsinghi (under 2 km), Banghar Yara (under 2 km) and Baslehar (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Awahar today is likely to be higher.

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