About Alnar Village

Alnar is a mid sized village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,307, made up of 676 males and 631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 759 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491988, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Lohandiguda
Pincode	491988
Area (hectares)	759 hectares
Population	1,307
Male Population	676
Female Population	631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alnar compares

By the 2011 count Alnar is the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 759 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Alnar

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

Alnar lies about 32 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 8.4 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 Alnar
Nearest railway station	Silak Jhori	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohandiguda	14 km
District headquarters	Bastar	32 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	37 km

Villages closest to Alnar

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.

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Common questions about Alnar

As per the Census of India 2011, Alnar village had a population of 1,307. That makes it the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Alnar village has 676 males and 631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alnar has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Alnar is 491988. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alnar covers 759 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alnar falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Alnar is Silak Jhori, about 8.4 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 village for Alnar.

Alnar is about 32 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alnar is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Silak Jhori is about 8.4 km away. Lohandiguda is about 14 km away. Bastar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.