About Anchal Village

Anchal is a mid sized village in Risod tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,307, made up of 681 males and 626 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 444503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anchal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anchal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Risod
Pincode	444503
Area (hectares)	558.15 hectares
Population	1,307
Male Population	681
Female Population	626
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Anchal compares

By the 2011 count Anchal is the 59th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 558.15 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Anchal

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

Anchal lies about 39 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Jaulka, about 34 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 Anchal
Nearest town	Mehkar	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Risod	23 km
Nearest railway station	Jaulka	34 km
District headquarters	Washim	39 km

Villages closest to Anchal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anchal village had a population of 1,307. That makes it the 59th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Anchal village has 681 males and 626 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anchal has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Anchal is 444503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anchal covers 558.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anchal falls under Risod tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Anchal is Jaulka, about 34 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 Anchal.

Anchal is about 39 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anchal is in Risod tehsil of Washim district. Mehkar is about 21 km away. Risod is about 23 km away. Jaulka is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.