About Araud Village

Araud is a mid sized village in Charama tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,312, made up of 644 males and 668 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 573.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Araud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araud village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Charama
Pincode	494336
Area (hectares)	573.01 hectares
Population	1,312
Male Population	644
Female Population	668
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Araud compares

By the 2011 count Araud is the 20th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 997 residents. Its 573.01 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Araud

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

Araud lies about 30 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 32 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 Araud
Tehsil headquarters	Charama	11 km
Nearest town	Kānker	19 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	30 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	32 km

Villages closest to Araud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Araud village had a population of 1,312. That makes it the 20th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 997 residents.

Araud village has 644 males and 668 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araud has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Araud is 494336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Araud covers 573.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Araud falls under Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Araud is Dhamtari, about 32 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 village for Araud.

Araud is about 30 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.

Araud is in Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Charama is about 11 km away. Kānker is about 19 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.