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About Alidand Village

Alidand is a small village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 474, made up of 232 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alidand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alidand village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491557
Area (hectares) 263.66 hectares
Population 474
Male Population 232
Female Population 242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alidand compares

By the 2011 count Alidand is the 130th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 263.66 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Alidand

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

Alidand lies about 50 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bortalao, about 14 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 Alidand
Nearest railway station Bortalao 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 22 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 50 km

Villages closest to Alidand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alidand village had a population of 474. That makes it the 130th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Alidand village has 232 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alidand has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Alidand is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alidand covers 263.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alidand falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Alidand is Bortalao, about 14 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 Alidand.

Alidand is about 50 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alidand is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bortalao is about 14 km away. Dongargarh is about 22 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhagwantola (under 2 km), Mohanpur (2.3 km) and Charbhatha (3.0 km).

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

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