About Araut Village

Araut is one of the larger villages in Chandi tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,754, made up of 3,529 males and 3,225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445 hectares hectares.

Araut Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araut village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Chandi
Area (hectares)	445 hectares
Population	6,754
Male Population	3,529
Female Population	3,225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
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 Araut compares

By the 2011 count Araut is the 4th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,336 residents. Its 445 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Araut

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

Araut lies about 84 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Ara Junction, 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 Araut
Nearest town	Arrah	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Ara Junction	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandi	8.5 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	84 km

Villages closest to Araut

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Araut village had a population of 6,754. That makes it the 4th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,336 residents.

Araut village has 3,529 males and 3,225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araut has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Araut covers 445 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Araut falls under Chandi tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Araut is Ara Junction, 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 Araut.

Araut is about 84 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Araut is in Chandi tehsil of Nalanda district. Arrah is about under 2 km away. Ara Junction is about under 2 km away. Chandi is about 8.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.