About Awand Village

Awand is a small village in Aklera tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 250 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 943.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326033, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Awand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awand village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Aklera
Pincode	326033
Area (hectares)	943.95 hectares
Population	484
Male Population	250
Female Population	234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
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 Awand compares

By the 2011 count Awand is the 116th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 943.95 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 949.

Getting to Awand

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

Awand lies about 32 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Jhalarapatan, about 27 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 Awand
Tehsil headquarters	Aklera	14 km
Nearest railway station	Jhalarapatan	27 km
District headquarters	Jhalawar	32 km

Villages closest to Awand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Awand village had a population of 484. That makes it the 116th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Awand village has 250 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awand has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Awand is 326033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Awand covers 943.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Awand falls under Aklera tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Awand is Jhalarapatan, about 27 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 Awand.

Awand is about 32 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Awand is in Aklera tehsil of Jhalawar district. Aklera is about 14 km away. Jhalarapatan is about 27 km away. Jhalawar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.