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About Aurapani Village

Aurapani is a small village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 88 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aurapani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aurapani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Lormi
Pincode 495115
Area (hectares) 96.35 hectares
Population 176
Male Population 88
Female Population 88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Aurapani compares

By the 2011 count Aurapani is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 96.35 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Aurapani

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

Aurapani lies about 40 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 5.1 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 Aurapani
Nearest railway station Salkaroad 5.1 km
Nearest town Ratanpur 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Lormi 31 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 40 km

Villages closest to Aurapani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aurapani village had a population of 176. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Aurapani village has 88 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aurapani has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Aurapani is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aurapani covers 96.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Aurapani falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Aurapani is Salkaroad, about 5.1 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 10+ km distance for Aurapani.

Aurapani is about 40 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aurapani is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Salkaroad is about 5.1 km away. Ratanpur is about 24 km away. Lormi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Danawkhar (3.0 km), Siwalkhar (9.8 km) and Kukripani (10.0 km).

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

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