In 1962, Awalawa had a population of 141 people. The total of Awalawa population in 2012 was 2740 people. Around 2015 to 2016, Ex-Sélékaerected checkpoints in the village to anticipate the LRA attack. However, one of the Awalawa residents stipulated that the militias harassed the villagers, especially the women.
There is a healthpost in the village. In 2012, a Central African media, RJDH, reported that the health post lacked staff and medicines. In 2019, the situation was gettingworse as the staff and medicines were absent in the health post.