About Araunga Village

Araunga is a large village in Tarapur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,031, made up of 1,073 males and 958 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Araunga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araunga village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Tarapur
Pincode	813221
Area (hectares)	149 hectares
Population	2,031
Male Population	1,073
Female Population	958
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Araunga compares

By the 2011 count Araunga is the 16th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 149 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Araunga

Araunga 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 Araunga as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Araunga from other places

Araunga lies about 35 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Ganganiyan, about 14 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 Araunga
Tehsil headquarters	Tarapur	3.0 km
Nearest town	Kharagpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Ganganiyan	14 km
District headquarters	Munger	35 km

Villages closest to Araunga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Araunga village had a population of 2,031. That makes it the 16th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Araunga village has 1,073 males and 958 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araunga has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Araunga is 813221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Araunga covers 149 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Araunga falls under Tarapur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Araunga is Ganganiyan, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Araunga.

Araunga is about 35 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Araunga is in Tarapur tehsil of Munger district. Tarapur is about 3.0 km away. Kharagpur is about 12 km away. Ganganiyan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.