About Awai Village

Awai is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 428, made up of 232 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Awai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Awai village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	278.22 hectares
Population	428
Male Population	232
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
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 Awai compares

By the 2011 count Awai is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 278.22 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1206.

Getting to Awai

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

Awai lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Virbhadra, about 13 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 Awai
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Virbhadra	13 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	14 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	32 km

Villages closest to Awai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Awai village had a population of 428. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Awai village has 232 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Awai has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Awai is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Awai covers 278.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Awai falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Awai is Virbhadra, about 13 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 Awai.

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

Awai is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 5.5 km away. Virbhadra is about 13 km away. Rishīkesh is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.