About Awro Village

Awro is a mid sized village in Mawkyrwat tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 535, made up of 261 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Awro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awro village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawkyrwat
Pincode	793114
Population	535
Male Population	261
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Awro compares

By the 2011 count Awro is the 32nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Awro

Awro is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Awro as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Awro from other places

Awro lies about 30 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Bamunigaon, about 62 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 Awro
Tehsil headquarters	Mawkyrwat	12 km
Nearest town	Nongstoin	17 km
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	30 km
Nearest railway station	Bamunigaon	62 km

Villages closest to Awro

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Awro village had a population of 535. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Awro village has 261 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awro has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Awro is 793114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Awro falls under Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Awro is Bamunigaon, about 62 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Awro.

Awro is about 30 km from West Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awro is in Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Mawkyrwat is about 12 km away. Nongstoin is about 17 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.