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About Aranda Village

Aranda is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 20 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176097, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aranda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aranda village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaisinghpur
Pincode 176097
Area (hectares) 35.9 hectares
Population 52
Male Population 20
Female Population 32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,600
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Aranda compares

By the 2011 count Aranda is the 195th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 35.9 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1217.

Getting to Aranda

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

Aranda lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Palampur Himachal, about under 2 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 Aranda
Nearest railway station Palampur Himachal under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaisinghpur 22 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 24 km
District headquarters Kangra 25 km

Villages closest to Aranda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aranda village had a population of 52. That makes it the 195th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Aranda village has 20 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aranda has about 1600 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Aranda is 176097. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aranda covers 35.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Aranda falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Aranda is Palampur Himachal, about under 2 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 within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Aranda.

Aranda is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aranda is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Palampur Himachal is about under 2 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 22 km away. Dharamsala is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paplah (under 2 km), Jandera (under 2 km) and Jarehr (4.7 km).

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

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