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About Awar Village

Awar is a mid sized village in Sangrampur tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,133, made up of 590 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 617.63 hectares hectares.

Awar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Sangrampur
Area (hectares) 617.63 hectares
Population 1,133
Male Population 590
Female Population 543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Awar compares

By the 2011 count Awar is the 40th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,443 residents. Its 617.63 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Awar

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

Awar lies about 78 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Shegaon, about 21 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 Telhāra 9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Sangrampur 12 km
Nearest railway station Shegaon 21 km
District headquarters Buldana 78 km

Villages closest to Awar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sangrampur 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 1,133. That makes it the 40th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,443 residents.

Awar village has 590 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awar has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Awar covers 617.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Awar falls under Sangrampur tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Awar is Shegaon, about 21 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 Awar.

Awar is about 78 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awar is in Sangrampur tehsil of Buldana district. Telhāra is about 9.5 km away. Sangrampur is about 12 km away. Shegaon is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kodri (2.6 km), Neknapur (3.9 km) and Paturda Kh (4.1 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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