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About Awar Village

Awar is a small village in Ghuwara tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 345, made up of 181 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.28 hectares hectares.

Awar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Ghuwara
Area (hectares) 246.28 hectares
Population 345
Male Population 181
Female Population 164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Awar compares

By the 2011 count Awar is the 48th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 246.28 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Awar

The census records public bus service for Awar as Available within 10+ 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Awar from other places

Awar lies about 100 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ganeshganj, about 39 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 Awar
Nearest town Banda 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghuwara 33 km
Nearest railway station Ganeshganj 39 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 100 km

Villages closest to Awar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Awar village had a population of 345. That makes it the 48th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Awar village has 181 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awar has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 871.

Awar covers 246.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Awar falls under Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Awar is Ganeshganj, about 39 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Awar.

Awar is about 100 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awar is in Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Banda is about 21 km away. Ghuwara is about 33 km away. Ganeshganj is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hansari (19 km), Ramtoriya (21 km) and Bamhori Khurd (22 km).

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

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