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About Aranpur Village

Aranpur is a mid sized village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 748, made up of 463 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 616 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1337.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aranpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Kuakonda
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 1337.22 hectares
Population 748
Male Population 463
Female Population 285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 616
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Aranpur compares

By the 2011 count Aranpur is the 25th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 1337.22 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Aranpur

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

Aranpur lies about 28 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 16 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 Aranpur
Nearest railway station Kirandul 16 km
Nearest town Bacheli 21 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuakonda 29 km

Villages closest to Aranpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aranpur village had a population of 748. That makes it the 25th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Aranpur village has 463 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aranpur has about 616 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Aranpur is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aranpur covers 1337.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Aranpur falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Aranpur is Kirandul, about 16 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 Aranpur.

Aranpur is about 28 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.

Aranpur is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 16 km away. Bacheli is about 21 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Acheli (2.0 km), Mendpal (2.6 km) and Pedka (2.6 km).

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

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