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About Aroud Village

Aroud is a mid sized village in Balod tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,485, made up of 724 males and 761 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aroud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aroud village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Balod
Pincode 491226
Area (hectares) 480.17 hectares
Population 1,485
Male Population 724
Female Population 761
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Aroud compares

By the 2011 count Aroud is the 22nd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents. Its 480.17 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Aroud

Aroud is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Aroud as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 42 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Latabor, about 3.1 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 Aroud
Nearest railway station Latabor 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Balod 9.6 km
District headquarters Durg 42 km

Villages closest to Aroud

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balod 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 1,485. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents.

Aroud village has 724 males and 761 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aroud has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Aroud is 491226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aroud covers 480.17 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 Balod tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Aroud is Latabor, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Aroud.

Aroud is about 42 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aroud is in Balod tehsil of Durg district. Latabor is about 3.1 km away. Balod is about 9.6 km away. Durg is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sundra (2.2 km), Bheriya Nawagaon (2.3 km) and Darbari Nawagaon (2.3 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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