About Amwan Village

Amwan is a mid sized village in Karwi tehsil, in the district of Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 580, made up of 293 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amwan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chitrakoot
Tehsil	Karwi
Pincode	210207
Area (hectares)	164.15 hectares
Population	580
Male Population	293
Female Population	287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amwan compares

By the 2011 count Amwan is the 297th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,622 residents. Its 164.15 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 878.

Getting to Amwan

Amwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amwan as Available within 5 - 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 Amwan from other places

Amwan lies about 33 km from Chitrakoot, and the nearest railway station is Atarra, about 12 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 Amwan
Nearest railway station	Atarra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karwi	33 km
District headquarters	Chitrakoot	33 km

Villages closest to Amwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amwan village had a population of 580. That makes it the 297th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,622 residents.

Amwan village has 293 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amwan has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 878.

The pincode recorded for Amwan is 210207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amwan covers 164.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amwan falls under Karwi tehsil of Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amwan is Atarra, about 12 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 10+ km distance for Amwan.

Amwan is about 33 km from Chitrakoot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amwan is in Karwi tehsil of Chitrakoot district. Atarra is about 12 km away. Karwi is about 33 km away. Chitrakoot is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.