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About Anarad Village

Anarad is a large village in Shahade tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,344, made up of 1,222 males and 1,122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 859 hectares hectares.

Anarad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anarad village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nandurbar
Tehsil Shahade
Area (hectares) 859 hectares
Population 2,344
Male Population 1,222
Female Population 1,122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anarad compares

By the 2011 count Anarad is the 46th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents. Its 859 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Anarad

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

Anarad lies about 29 km from Nandurbar, and the nearest railway station is Ranala, about 11 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 Anarad
Nearest town Shāhāda 8.9 km
Nearest railway station Ranala 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahade 29 km
District headquarters Nandurbar 29 km

Villages closest to Anarad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anarad village had a population of 2,344. That makes it the 46th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents.

Anarad village has 1,222 males and 1,122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anarad has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Anarad covers 859 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anarad falls under Shahade tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Anarad is Ranala, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Anarad.

Anarad is about 29 km from Nandurbar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anarad is in Shahade tehsil of Nandurbar district. Shāhāda is about 8.9 km away. Ranala is about 11 km away. Shahade is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pusanad (1.7 km), Kanadi Kh (1.7 km) and Kanadi T Haveli (1.9 km).

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

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