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About Andi Village

Andi is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,291, made up of 619 males and 672 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 571.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Andi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Andi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 493558
Area (hectares) 571.11 hectares
Population 1,291
Male Population 619
Female Population 672
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,086
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Andi compares

By the 2011 count Andi is the 21st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 571.11 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Andi

Andi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Andi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Andi from other places

Andi lies about 13 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 27 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 Andi
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 19 km
Nearest town Kānker 19 km
Nearest railway station Gudum 27 km

Villages closest to Andi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Andi village had a population of 1,291. That makes it the 21st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Andi village has 619 males and 672 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Andi has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Andi is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Andi covers 571.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Andi falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Andi is Gudum, about 27 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 - 10 km distance for Andi.

Andi is about 13 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.

Andi is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 13 km away. Kanker is about 19 km away. Kānker is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dabena (1.9 km), Potgaon (2.2 km) and Talakurra (3.0 km).

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

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