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About Awa Village

Awa is a mid sized village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,199, made up of 586 males and 613 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.31 hectares hectares.

Awa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 268.31 hectares
Population 1,199
Male Population 586
Female Population 613
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,046
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Awa compares

By the 2011 count Awa is the 60th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 268.31 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Awa

Awa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Awa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Awa from other places

Awa lies about 42 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about 18 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 Awa
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 11 km
Nearest railway station Amgaon 18 km
Nearest town Gondiā 26 km
District headquarters Balaghat 42 km

Villages closest to Awa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Awa village had a population of 1,199. That makes it the 60th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Awa village has 586 males and 613 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awa has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Awa covers 268.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Awa falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Awa is Amgaon, about 18 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Awa.

Awa is about 42 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awa is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 11 km away. Amgaon is about 18 km away. Gondiā is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Churdi (under 2 km), Pondi (under 2 km) and Sihari (1.8 km).

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

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