About Arandwal Village

Arandwal is a small village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 263, made up of 112 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,348 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arandwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arandwal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Kondagaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	226.33 hectares
Population	263
Male Population	112
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,348
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Arandwal compares

By the 2011 count Arandwal is the 156th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 226.33 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Arandwal

Arandwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Arandwal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Arandwal from other places

Arandwal lies about 48 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 43 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Arandwal
Tehsil headquarters	Kondagaon	34 km
Nearest railway station	Silak Jhori	43 km
District headquarters	Bastar	48 km

Villages closest to Arandwal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kondagaon tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Arandwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Arandwal village had a population of 263. That makes it the 156th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Arandwal village has 112 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arandwal has about 1348 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Arandwal is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arandwal covers 226.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Arandwal falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Arandwal is Silak Jhori, about 43 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Arandwal.

Arandwal is about 48 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arandwal is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 34 km away. Silak Jhori is about 43 km away. Bastar is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.