# Awan Village, Zira, Firozpur (Punjab) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Zira, Firozpur 

# Awan

Awan is a village in Zira sub-district of Firozpur district, Punjab, PIN code **152028**. The 2011 Census counted **469 people in 79 households**, the 146th largest of 206 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.8%.

- 469people (2011)
- 79households
- 69.7%literacy
- 152028PIN code

## Awan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Awan is 152028.** Awan falls in Zira sub-district, Firozpur district, Punjab.

- PIN code152028
- Gram panchayatAwan
- Community development blockZira
- Census village code034418

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Awan from nearby towns?

- Zira (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Firozpur (district HQ)42 km by road
- Zira (nearest town)6 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Awan?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Awan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Zira
- ○Degree college10+ km · Makhu
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Moga
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Awan known for?

The main crops are **wheat, rice and maize**. About 92% of the 198 hectares of village land is sown, and 182 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Awan

Of every 100 households in Awan in 2011, 99 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 60 a two-wheeler and 22 a car.

■ Awan · ■ Zira rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**25%

Tap water ****3%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**75%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**72%

Use banking services ****74%**

**58%

Television ****87%**

**79%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****60%**

**47%

Car / jeep / van ****22%**

**12%

None of these assets ****1%**

**4%

Own their home ****91%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Awan?

■ Awan · ■ Zira rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**64.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**854

Working population ****33.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 62.4% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 116 (74%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (10%) · **■** Other work 24 (15%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Zira

- Pihewali506 people
- Killi Nauabad503 people
- Bal492 people
- Malhe Shahwala479 people
- Sharaf Ali Shahwala468 people
- Aminwala465 people
- Mohkamwala Alias Araianwala450 people
- WarraMansurwal448 people

[All 217 villages in Zira](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/firozpur/zira/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Awan?152028
- How far is Awan from Firozpur?42 km by road
- What is the population of Awan?469 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Awan in?Firozpur district (Zira sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Awan?69.7% (Census 2011)