Aranya observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Aranya ranks #25 of 48 villages in Khudel mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Aranya is a village of 785 people in 138 households (Census 2011) in Khudel tehsil, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, the 25th-largest of 48 villages in Khudel tehsil. Literacy is 58%, about the same as the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 924 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 452016, served by Indore Kanadia Road post office; the LGD village code is 476343. The sarpanch is dilip singh shree ram panwar, and the village votes in Ashta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopal Singh Engineer. The population is estimated at 926 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Aranya →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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