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About Aroud Village

Aroud is a mid sized village in Magarlod tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,207, made up of 613 males and 594 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493663, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aroud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aroud village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Magarlod
Pincode 493663
Area (hectares) 384.12 hectares
Population 1,207
Male Population 613
Female Population 594
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Aroud compares

By the 2011 count Aroud is the 38th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 384.12 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Aroud

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

Aroud lies about 10 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sankra, about 9.9 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 Aroud
Nearest railway station Sankra 9.9 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Magarlod 24 km

Villages closest to Aroud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aroud village had a population of 1,207. That makes it the 38th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Aroud village has 613 males and 594 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aroud has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Aroud is 493663. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aroud covers 384.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Aroud falls under Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Aroud is Sankra, about 9.9 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 Aroud.

Aroud is about 10 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aroud is in Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district. Sankra is about 9.9 km away. Dhamtari is about 10 km away. Magarlod is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Moharenga (2.9 km), Borsi (8.3 km) and Jhajharkera (8.9 km).

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

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