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About Alanar Village

Alanar is a mid sized village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 515, made up of 237 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,173 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alanar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Antagarh
Pincode 495689
Area (hectares) 572.42 hectares
Population 515
Male Population 237
Female Population 278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,173
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alanar compares

By the 2011 count Alanar is the 45th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 572.42 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Alanar

Alanar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alanar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Alanar from other places

Alanar lies about 39 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Alanar
Nearest town Nārāinpur 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Antagarh 26 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 39 km

Villages closest to Alanar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alanar village had a population of 515. That makes it the 45th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Alanar village has 237 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alanar has about 1173 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Alanar is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alanar covers 572.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alanar falls under Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Alanar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Alanar.

Alanar is about 39 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alanar is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Nārāinpur is about 25 km away. Antagarh is about 26 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotkodo (3.4 km), Tamorra (3.9 km) and Mulle (4.0 km).

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

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