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About Aranwadi Village

Aranwadi is a mid sized village in Dharur tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,481, made up of 795 males and 686 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 773.26 hectares hectares.

Aranwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aranwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Dharur
Area (hectares) 773.26 hectares
Population 1,481
Male Population 795
Female Population 686
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Aranwadi compares

By the 2011 count Aranwadi is the 31st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,518 residents. Its 773.26 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Aranwadi

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

Aranwadi lies about 36 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Parli-Vaijnath, about 47 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 Aranwadi
Tehsil headquarters Dharur 6.4 km
Nearest town Dhārūr 6.4 km
District headquarters Bid 36 km
Nearest railway station Parli-Vaijnath 47 km

Villages closest to Aranwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aranwadi village had a population of 1,481. That makes it the 31st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,518 residents.

Aranwadi village has 795 males and 686 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aranwadi has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Aranwadi covers 773.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Aranwadi falls under Dharur tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Aranwadi is Parli-Vaijnath, about 47 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 - 10 km distance for Aranwadi.

Aranwadi is about 36 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aranwadi is in Dharur tehsil of Bid district. Dharur is about 6.4 km away. Dhārūr is about 6.4 km away. Bid is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Choramba (under 2 km), Thetegavhan (2.9 km) and Ghagarwada (3.0 km).

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

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