Awan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Awan ranks #24 of 70 villages in Biraul mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Awan is a village of 3,919 people in 744 households (Census 2011) in Biraul block, Darbhanga district, Bihar, the 24th-largest of 70 villages in Biraul block. Literacy is 33%, 10 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 864 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 847202; the LGD village code is 227690. The sarpanch is RAM BALAK SAHU, and the village votes in Cheria Bariarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhishek Anand. The population is estimated at 4,621 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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