About Amawan Village

Amawan is a mid sized village in Mau tehsil, in the district of Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,425, made up of 809 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 761 females per 1000 males. The village covers 377.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amawan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chitrakoot
Tehsil	Mau
Pincode	210209
Area (hectares)	377.98 hectares
Population	1,425
Male Population	809
Female Population	616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	761
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amawan compares

By the 2011 count Amawan is the 67th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,533 residents. Its 377.98 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Amawan

Amawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Amawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Amawan from other places

Amawan lies about 125 km from Chitrakoot, and the nearest railway station is Gauriganj, about 9.7 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 Amawan
Nearest railway station	Gauriganj	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mau	18 km
Nearest town	Jais	19 km
District headquarters	Chitrakoot	125 km

Villages closest to Amawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amawan village had a population of 1,425. That makes it the 67th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,533 residents.

Amawan village has 809 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amawan has about 761 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Amawan is 210209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amawan covers 377.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amawan falls under Mau tehsil of Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amawan is Gauriganj, about 9.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Amawan.

Amawan is about 125 km from Chitrakoot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amawan is in Mau tehsil of Chitrakoot district. Gauriganj is about 9.7 km away. Mau is about 18 km away. Jais is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.