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Awan, Bhulath

Coordinates: 31°36′41″N 75°33′35″E / 31.611349°N 75.559693°E / 31.611349; 75.559693
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Awan
Village
Awan is located in Punjab
Awan
Awan
Location in Punjab, India
Awan is located in India
Awan
Awan
Awan (India)
Coordinates: 31°36′41″N 75°33′35″E / 31.611349°N 75.559693°E / 31.611349; 75.559693
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictKapurthala
Government
 • TypePanchayati raj (India)
 • BodyGram panchayat
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,143
 Sex ratio 556/587/
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
 • Other spokenHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144636
Telephone code01822
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB-09
Websitekapurthala.gov.in

Awan is a village in Bhulath Tehsil in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Bhulath, 35 kilometres (22 mi) away from district headquarter Kapurthala. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch, who is an elected representative.

Demography

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According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Awan has 279 houses with the total population of 1,143 persons of which 556 are male and 587 females. Literacy rate of Awan is 70.55%, lower than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 131 which is 11.46% of the total population. Child sex ratio is approximately 1056, higher than the state average of 846.[1]

Population data

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Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 279 - -
Population 1,143 556 587
Child (0-6) 131 85 46
Schedule Caste 275 153 122
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.55 % 71.76 % 69.50 %
Total Workers 268 250 18
Main Worker 256 0 0
Marginal Worker 12 8 4

As per census 2011, 268 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Awan which includes 250 males and 18 females. According to census survey report 2011, 95.52% workers (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) describe their work as main work and 4.48% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.

Caste

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The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 24.06% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

References

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  1. ^ "Awan". Retrieved 2 August 2016.

List of cities near the village

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Air travel connectivity

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The closest International airport to the village is Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport.

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