About Aranda Village

Aranda is a mid sized village in Raidih tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,480, made up of 757 males and 723 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aranda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aranda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Raidih
Pincode	835232
Area (hectares)	488 hectares
Population	1,480
Male Population	757
Female Population	723
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Aranda compares

By the 2011 count Aranda is the 18th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 488 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 995.

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 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 Aranda from other places

Aranda lies about 19 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 54 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
Tehsil headquarters	Raidih	under 2 km
District headquarters	Gumla	19 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	54 km

Villages closest to Aranda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aranda village had a population of 1,480. That makes it the 18th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Aranda village has 757 males and 723 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aranda has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Aranda is 835232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aranda covers 488 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Aranda falls under Raidih tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Aranda is Kurkura, about 54 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 village for Aranda.

Aranda is about 19 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aranda is in Raidih tehsil of Gumla district. Raidih is about under 2 km away. Gumla is about 19 km away. Gumlā is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.