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About Araila Village

Araila is a large village in Agiaon tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,762, made up of 1,439 males and 1,323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240 hectares hectares.

Araila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araila village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhojpur
Tehsil Agiaon
Area (hectares) 240 hectares
Population 2,762
Male Population 1,439
Female Population 1,323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 919
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Araila compares

By the 2011 count Araila is the 20th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,215 residents. Its 240 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Araila

Araila is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Araila as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Araila from other places

Araila lies about 23 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Araria Court, about 7.6 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 Araila
Nearest town Arāria under 2 km
Nearest railway station Araria Court 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Agiaon 23 km
District headquarters Bhojpur 23 km

Villages closest to Araila

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Araila village had a population of 2,762. That makes it the 20th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,215 residents.

Araila village has 1,439 males and 1,323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araila 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 930.

Araila covers 240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Araila falls under Agiaon tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Araila is Araria Court, about 7.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Araila.

Araila is about 23 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Araila is in Agiaon tehsil of Bhojpur district. Arāria is about under 2 km away. Araria Court is about 7.6 km away. Agiaon is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhopur (1.8 km), Bhagwanpur (2.0 km) and Anantpur (5.1 km).

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

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