About Aurda Village

Aurda is a mid sized village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,531, made up of 747 males and 784 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aurda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aurda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Kharsia
Pincode	496661
Area (hectares)	292.72 hectares
Population	1,531
Male Population	747
Female Population	784
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Aurda compares

By the 2011 count Aurda is the 21st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 292.72 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Aurda

Aurda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Aurda as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Aurda from other places

Aurda lies about 48 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Sakti, about 7.5 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 Aurda
Nearest railway station	Sakti	7.5 km
Nearest town	Saktī	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsia	18 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	48 km

Villages closest to Aurda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aurda village had a population of 1,531. That makes it the 21st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Aurda village has 747 males and 784 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aurda has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Aurda is 496661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aurda covers 292.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Aurda falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Aurda is Sakti, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Aurda.

Aurda is about 48 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aurda is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Sakti is about 7.5 km away. Saktī is about 9.2 km away. Kharsia is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.