About Awage Village

Awage is a small village in Shahade tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 173 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 803 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311.6 hectares hectares.

Awage Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awage village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nandurbar
Tehsil	Shahade
Area (hectares)	311.6 hectares
Population	312
Male Population	173
Female Population	139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	803
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Awage compares

By the 2011 count Awage is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents. Its 311.6 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Awage

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

Awage lies about 34 km from Nandurbar, and the nearest railway station is Ranala, about 25 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 Awage
Nearest town	Shāhāda	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Ranala	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahade	34 km
District headquarters	Nandurbar	34 km

Villages closest to Awage

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Awage village had a population of 312. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents.

Awage village has 173 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awage has about 803 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Awage covers 311.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Awage falls under Shahade tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Awage is Ranala, about 25 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 Awage.

Awage is about 34 km from Nandurbar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awage is in Shahade tehsil of Nandurbar district. Shāhāda is about 7.1 km away. Ranala is about 25 km away. Shahade is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.