About Arai Village

Arai is one of the larger villages in Singhwara tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,677, made up of 5,099 males and 4,578 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 728 hectares hectares.

Arai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arai village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Darbhanga
Tehsil	Singhwara
Area (hectares)	728 hectares
Population	9,677
Male Population	5,099
Female Population	4,578
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
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 Arai compares

By the 2011 count Arai is the 7th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,153 residents. Its 728 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Arai

Arai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Arai 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 Arai from other places

Arai lies about 3.7 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Laheriasarai, about under 2 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 Arai
Nearest railway station	Laheriasarai	under 2 km
District headquarters	Darbhanga	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Singhwara	18 km

Villages closest to Arai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arai village had a population of 9,677. That makes it the 7th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,153 residents.

Arai village has 5,099 males and 4,578 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arai has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Arai covers 728 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Arai falls under Singhwara tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Arai is Laheriasarai, about under 2 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 Arai.

Arai is about 3.7 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arai is in Singhwara tehsil of Darbhanga district. Laheriasarai is about under 2 km away. Darbhanga is about 3.7 km away. Singhwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.