About Araku Village

Araku is a large village in Dumbriguda tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,279, made up of 1,086 males and 1,193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2260 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Araku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araku village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Tehsil	Dumbriguda
Pincode	531151
Area (hectares)	2260 hectares
Population	2,279
Male Population	1,086
Female Population	1,193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,099
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Araku compares

By the 2011 count Araku is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 564 residents. Its 2260 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1145.

Getting to Araku

Araku is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Araku as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Araku from other places

Araku lies about 14 km from Dumbriguda, and the nearest railway station is Duvvada, about 5.9 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 Araku
Nearest town	Visakhapatnam	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Duvvada	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dumbriguda	14 km

Villages closest to Araku

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Araku village had a population of 2,279. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 564 residents.

Araku village has 1,086 males and 1,193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araku has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1145.

The pincode recorded for Araku is 531151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Araku covers 2260 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Araku falls under Dumbriguda tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Araku is Duvvada, about 5.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Araku.

Araku is about 14 km from Dumbriguda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Araku is in Dumbriguda tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Visakhapatnam is about under 2 km away. Duvvada is about 5.9 km away. Dumbriguda is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.