About Arand Village

Arand is a mid sized village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 556 males and 520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 616.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Bagbahra
Pincode	492112
Area (hectares)	616.98 hectares
Population	1,076
Male Population	556
Female Population	520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Arand compares

By the 2011 count Arand is the 41st largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 616.98 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Arand

Arand 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 Arand as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Arand from other places

Arand lies about 9.2 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Arand, about under 2 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 Arand
Nearest railway station	Arand	under 2 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	9.2 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagbahra	22 km

Villages closest to Arand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arand village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 41st largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Arand village has 556 males and 520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arand has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Arand is 492112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arand covers 616.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Arand falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Arand is Arand, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Arand is about 9.2 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arand is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Arand is about under 2 km away. Mahasamund is about 9.2 km away. Mahāsamund is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.