About Awan Basau Village

Awan Basau is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,244, made up of 633 males and 611 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 440 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143407, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Awan Basau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awan Basau village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143407
Area (hectares)	440 hectares
Population	1,244
Male Population	633
Female Population	611
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
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 Awan Basau compares

By the 2011 count Awan Basau is the 115th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 440 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Awan Basau

Awan Basau is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Awan Basau 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 Awan Basau from other places

Awan Basau lies about 37 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Ramdas, about 4.1 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 Awan Basau
Nearest railway station	Ramdas	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	17 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	17 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	37 km

Villages closest to Awan Basau

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ajnala 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 Awan Basau

As per the Census of India 2011, Awan Basau village had a population of 1,244. That makes it the 115th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Awan Basau village has 633 males and 611 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awan Basau has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Awan Basau is 143407. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Awan Basau covers 440 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Awan Basau falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Awan Basau is Ramdas, about 4.1 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 Awan Basau.

Awan Basau is about 37 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awan Basau is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ramdas is about 4.1 km away. Ajnala is about 17 km away. Ajnāla is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.