Anda, Chhattisgarh

Anda is a village located in Durg Tehsil of Durg district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The village population is estimated to be at 4,169.

As the constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Anda village is administrated by a Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Village Anda It is believed that the name of this village was not Anda since the time of Lord Krishna. This village is located in Durg district of Chhattisgarh state. This is the distance of the village, about 13 kms from Durg bus stand. It is a matter of Dwapar era, at that time the number of snakes was more.

Geography
Anda is located at 21.06°N, 81.27°W 15 km south of Durg (the district's headquarters) and 48 km from Raipur the state capital.

The postal head office has pincode 491221.

Kuthrel (3 km), Janjgiri (3 km), Otebandh (3 km), Danganiya (4 km), Risama (5 km) are the nearby Villages to Anda.

Anda is surrounded by Durg Tehsil towards north, Bhilai Tehsil towards north, Rajnandgaon Tehsil towards west, Pata Tehsil towards east. Bhilai, Durg-Bhilai Nagar , Rajnandgaon , Balod are the nearby cities to Anda.

Demographics
In Anda village, the population of children aged 0–6 is 474, which makes up 11.37% of Anda's total population. Average Sex Ratio of Anda village is 1,012 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for Anda as per census is 904, which is lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Anda village has higher literacy rate, as compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Anda village was 81.60% compared to 70.28% of Chhattisgarh. In Anda male literacy stands at 91.17%, while the female literacy rate was 72.28%.
 * Literacy

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.17% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.76% of total population in Anda village. In Anda village out of total population, 1,829 were employed or working for themselves. 66.76% of workers describe their work as "main work" (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.24% were involved in "Marginal activity" providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,829 workers engaged in "main work", 261 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 222 were Agricultural laborers.
 * Caste Factor
 * Occupational Profile

Places of interest
In the village there is a temple named Sohadar Devi Temple. Every year in Chaitra Navratri an Akhand Jyot is established here.
 * Sohadar devi temple

Otebandh village is 3.8 km from Anda village. There is a famous Vishnu temple located in this village.
 * Otebandh

Balod is 45 km from anda village. Jhalmala Devi temple is very famous in Balod.
 * Balod

Schools

 * Government Higher Secondary School, And a.
 * Government Primary School, Anda.
 * Priyadarshini Public School, Anda.

Nearest colleges

 * Shaildevi Mahavidyalay Anda.
 * Rajiv Lochan Ayurved Medical College, Chandkhuri.
 * Garv Institute Of Management & Technology (gimt), Durg.
 * Bharti College Of Engineering And Technology (bcet), Durg.

Connectivity
Airports Near By Anda
 * Raipur Airport, 55 km from Anda.

Railway Stations Connecting Anda Major Railway Station that connects to Maximum Number of Main stations in India.
 * Risama 5 km from Anda.
 * Gunderdehi 14 km from Anda.
 * Durg 16 km from Anda


 * Bhilai Nagar 14 km from Anda.