About Alnar Village

Alnar is a mid sized village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 900, made up of 447 males and 453 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 951.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	951.05 hectares
Population	900
Male Population	447
Female Population	453
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alnar compares

By the 2011 count Alnar is the 26th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 951.05 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1034.

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 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 Alnar from other places

Alnar lies about 30 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 11 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	Dantewara	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	13 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	30 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	31 km

Villages closest to Alnar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gidam 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 900. That makes it the 26th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Alnar village has 447 males and 453 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alnar has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Alnar is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alnar covers 951.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alnar falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Alnar is Dantewara, about 11 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 Alnar.

Alnar is about 30 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alnar is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewara is about 11 km away. Gidam is about 13 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.