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About Aranya Charan Village

Aranya Charan is a mid sized village in Bhanpura tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 551, made up of 295 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192 hectares hectares.

Aranya Charan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aranya Charan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Bhanpura
Area (hectares) 192 hectares
Population 551
Male Population 295
Female Population 256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Aranya Charan compares

By the 2011 count Aranya Charan is the 58th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,531 residents. Its 192 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Aranya Charan

Aranya Charan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Aranya Charan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Aranya Charan from other places

Aranya Charan lies about 77 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Kurlasi, about 16 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 Aranya Charan
Tehsil headquarters Bhanpura 8.0 km
Nearest town Bhānpura 8.0 km
Nearest railway station Kurlasi 16 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 77 km

Villages closest to Aranya Charan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhanpura 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 Aranya Charan

As per the Census of India 2011, Aranya Charan village had a population of 551. That makes it the 58th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,531 residents.

Aranya Charan village has 295 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aranya Charan has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Aranya Charan covers 192 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Aranya Charan falls under Bhanpura tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Aranya Charan is Kurlasi, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Aranya Charan.

Aranya Charan is about 77 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aranya Charan is in Bhanpura tehsil of Mandsaur district. Bhanpura is about 8.0 km away. Bhānpura is about 8.0 km away. Kurlasi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raipuriya (1.9 km), Bhawanipura (2.2 km) and Babulda (2.3 km).

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

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