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About Awagad Village

Awagad is a mid sized village in Chikhaldara tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 637, made up of 326 males and 311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 420 hectares hectares.

Awagad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awagad village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Chikhaldara
Area (hectares) 420 hectares
Population 637
Male Population 326
Female Population 311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 954
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Awagad compares

By the 2011 count Awagad is the 64th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 718 residents. Its 420 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Awagad

Awagad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Awagad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Awagad from other places

Awagad lies about 80 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Achalpur, about 36 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 Awagad
Tehsil headquarters Chikhaldara 27 km
Nearest railway station Achalpur 36 km
District headquarters Amravati 80 km

Villages closest to Awagad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Awagad village had a population of 637. That makes it the 64th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 718 residents.

Awagad village has 326 males and 311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awagad has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Awagad covers 420 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Awagad falls under Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Awagad is Achalpur, about 36 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 10+ km distance for Awagad.

Awagad is about 80 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awagad is in Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district. Chikhaldara is about 27 km away. Achalpur is about 36 km away. Amravati is about 80 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khandukheda (2.4 km), Karada (2.7 km) and Ghana (3.2 km).

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

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