About Arugaon Village

Arugaon is a small village in Kochadhamin tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 417, made up of 228 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 855115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Arugaon compares

By the 2011 count Arugaon is the 126th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,069 residents. Its 113 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Arugaon

Arugaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Arugaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Arugaon from other places

Arugaon lies about 20 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 16 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.

Villages closest to Arugaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kochadhamin tehsil.

• Barbata under 2 km
• Mosangaon under 2 km
• Rohania under 2 km
• Mahua under 2 km
• Rani 1.5 km
• Katamata 1.9 km

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.