About Awar Village

Awar is a large village in Khamgaon tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,624, made up of 1,361 males and 1,263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1622.37 hectares hectares.

Awar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Khamgaon
Area (hectares)	1622.37 hectares
Population	2,624
Male Population	1,361
Female Population	1,263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Awar compares

By the 2011 count Awar is the 23rd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents. Its 1622.37 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

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 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 47 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 10 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 railway station	Khamgaon	10 km
Nearest town	Khāmgaon	10 km
District headquarters	Buldana	47 km

Villages closest to Awar

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

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Common questions about Awar

As per the Census of India 2011, Awar village had a population of 2,624. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents.

Awar village has 1,361 males and 1,263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awar has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

Awar covers 1622.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Awar falls under Khamgaon tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Awar is Khamgaon, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Awar is about 47 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 Khamgaon tehsil of Buldana district. Khamgaon is about 10 km away. Khāmgaon is about 10 km away. Buldana is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.