About Agwan Village

Agwan is a small village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 297, made up of 169 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 757 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Agwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agwan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Dera Baba Nanak
Pincode	143602
Area (hectares)	190 hectares
Population	297
Male Population	169
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	757
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Agwan compares

By the 2011 count Agwan is the 102nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 190 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 899.

Getting to Agwan

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

Agwan lies about 24 km from Gurdaspur. 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 Agwan
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Baba Nanak	11 km
Nearest town	Dhāriwāl	20 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	24 km

Villages closest to Agwan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Baba Nanak 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 Agwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Agwan village had a population of 297. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Agwan village has 169 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agwan has about 757 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Agwan is 143602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Agwan covers 190 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.

Agwan falls under Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The census record for Agwan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Agwan.

Agwan is about 24 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agwan is in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Dera Baba Nanak is about 11 km away. Dhāriwāl is about 20 km away. Gurdaspur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.