Awan or Awans may refer to:

Awan (Urdu: اعوان‎), is a tribe living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of Pakistani Punjab, with significant numbers also residing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir and to a lesser extent in Sindh and Balochistan.

History

People of the Awan community have a strong presence in the Pakistani Army and have a strong martial tradition.Christophe Jaffrelot says:

Whereas Prof Ahmad Hasan Dani claimed that the Awans were, in fact, indigenous to Northern Punjab, and might well be the ancient Abanii mentioned by Greek and Roman travelers and historians.

On a rural level, Awans historically were of the zamindar or landowning class and many Awan families to this day live on and cultivate land, which their ancestors have held for centuries. They often carry titles typical to Punjabis who own tracts of ancestral land.

Notable people

Awan is a town in the Guna district of Madhya Pradesh, India, located 37 kilometers south from Guna headquarters, 9 kilometers from Raghogarh-Vijaypur, and 152 kilometers from the state capital Bhopal. This town has a nagar panchayat and a Raghogarh Tehsil, currently under Gwalior division. The PIN code is 473226 and nearest head post office is in Raghogarh.

Nearby villages are: Achkalpur, Parkana, Gulwada, Raghogarh, and Gawari. Local tehsils are Chanchoda to the south, Aron to the east, Guna to the north, and Manoharthana westward.

The closest cities are Raghogarh-Vijaypur, Ashok Nagar, Guna, and Sironj.

Schools in Awan

Local colleges

HOW TO REACH Awan

By rail Raghogarh railway station, Kumbhraj railway station are the very nearby railway stations to Awan. However Bina Jn railway station is major railway station 123 km near to Awan.