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Where is Awan Near Ramdas?

Awan Near Ramdas is a village in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Ramdas, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ajnala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037109, and it covers 1,213 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,069 people in Awan Near Ramdas: 1,628 men and 1,441 women, living in 576 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 1,213 hectares, the population density works out to about 253 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 885 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 382, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 216 people, about 7 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.03 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.43 per cent and women at 60.95 per cent. The census recorded 971 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 846 main workers, the largest group, 409, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 297 other workers in trade, transport and services and 123 agricultural labourers. A further 125 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Awan Near Ramdas's land. Of the village's 1,213 hectares, 1,106 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (431 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (675 hectares). About 107 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 417 cultivators and 149 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch, a cooperative bank branch and an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Awan Near Ramdas is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ramdas, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Ajnala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Pandori, Katla, Mahammad Mundranwala and Rurewal.

What is the population of Awan Near Ramdas?

The population of Awan Near Ramdas was 3,069 at the 2011 census, living in 576 households in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Awan Near Ramdas have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Awan Near Ramdas has government schools from primary to secondary school level and an anganwadi centre.