About Awan Village

Awan is a small village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 171 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Awan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Firozpur
Tehsil	Jalalabad
Pincode	152022
Area (hectares)	329.98 hectares
Population	328
Male Population	171
Female Population	157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Awan compares

By the 2011 count Awan is the 181st largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,456 residents. Its 329.98 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 919.

Getting to Awan

Awan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Awan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 from other places

Awan lies about 28 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Kohar Singh Wala, about 8.1 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
Nearest railway station	Kohar Singh Wala	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jalalabad	23 km
Nearest town	Jalālābād	23 km
District headquarters	Firozpur	28 km

Villages closest to Awan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Awan village had a population of 328. That makes it the 181st largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,456 residents.

Awan village has 171 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awan has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Awan is 152022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Awan covers 329.98 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.

Awan falls under Jalalabad tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Awan is Kohar Singh Wala, about 8.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Awan.

Awan is about 28 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awan is in Jalalabad tehsil of Firozpur district. Kohar Singh Wala is about 8.1 km away. Jalalabad is about 23 km away. Jalālābād is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.