Awan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Awan ranks #1 of 159 villages in Raghogarh mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Awan is a village of 5,563 people in 1,164 households (Census 2011) in Raghogarh tehsil, Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, the largest of 159 villages in Raghogarh tehsil. Literacy is 49%, about the same as the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Guna district centre, 41 km from Maksudangarh, the nearest town, 6 km from Raghogarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473226, served by Raghogarh post office; the LGD village code is 499247. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is KAMLA DEVI LODHA, and the village votes in Chachoura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Priyanka Penchi. The population is estimated at 6,559 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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