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About Apchand Village

Apchand is a mid sized village in Aland tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 566, made up of 277 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 421.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Apchand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Apchand village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Aland
Pincode 585316
Area (hectares) 421.99 hectares
Population 566
Male Population 277
Female Population 289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Apchand compares

By the 2011 count Apchand is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 421.99 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 949.

Getting to Apchand

Apchand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Apchand as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Apchand from other places

Apchand lies about 23 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Mahagaon, about 7.8 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 Apchand
Nearest railway station Mahagaon 7.8 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 23 km
Nearest town Kalaburagi 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Aland 31 km

Villages closest to Apchand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Apchand village had a population of 566. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Apchand village has 277 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Apchand has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Apchand is 585316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Apchand covers 421.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Apchand falls under Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Apchand is Mahagaon, about 7.8 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Apchand.

Apchand is about 23 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Apchand is in Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district. Mahagaon is about 7.8 km away. Gulbarga is about 23 km away. Kalaburagi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madki (under 2 km), Sirchand (2.5 km) and Hodal (3.6 km).

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

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