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About Anjar Village

Anjar is a mid sized village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,960, made up of 950 males and 1,010 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1715.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anjar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anjar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Lohandiguda
Pincode 494010
Area (hectares) 1715.31 hectares
Population 1,960
Male Population 950
Female Population 1,010
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,063
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anjar compares

By the 2011 count Anjar is the 10th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 1715.31 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Anjar

Anjar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anjar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Anjar from other places

Anjar lies about 24 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Tokapal, about 1.8 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 Anjar
Nearest railway station Tokapal 1.8 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Lohandiguda 22 km
District headquarters Bastar 24 km

Villages closest to Anjar

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

Common questions about Anjar

As per the Census of India 2011, Anjar village had a population of 1,960. That makes it the 10th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Anjar village has 950 males and 1,010 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anjar has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Anjar is 494010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anjar covers 1715.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anjar falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Anjar is Tokapal, about 1.8 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 km distance for Anjar.

Anjar is about 24 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anjar is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Tokapal is about 1.8 km away. Jagdalpur is about 18 km away. Lohandiguda is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Neganar (5.4 km), Salepal (7.3 km) and Kaknar (8.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Anjar today is likely to be higher.

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