About Araila Village

Araila is one of the larger villages in Hanumannagar tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,356, made up of 2,771 males and 2,585 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares.

Araila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araila village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Darbhanga
Tehsil	Hanumannagar
Area (hectares)	242 hectares
Population	5,356
Male Population	2,771
Female Population	2,585
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Araila compares

By the 2011 count Araila is the 5th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,429 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 895.

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 5 - 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 108 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Kuwarchintawa, about 9.3 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 railway station	Kuwarchintawa	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hanumannagar	14 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	18 km
District headquarters	Darbhanga	108 km

Villages closest to Araila

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Araila village had a population of 5,356. That makes it the 5th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,429 residents.

Araila village has 2,771 males and 2,585 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araila has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 895.

Araila covers 242 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Araila falls under Hanumannagar tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Araila is Kuwarchintawa, about 9.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 108 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Araila is in Hanumannagar tehsil of Darbhanga district. Kuwarchintawa is about 9.3 km away. Hanumannagar is about 14 km away. Sāhibganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.