About Araia Village

Araia is a mid sized village in Patori tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,655, made up of 808 males and 847 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares.

Araia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Patori
Area (hectares)	172 hectares
Population	1,655
Male Population	808
Female Population	847
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Araia compares

By the 2011 count Araia is the 33rd largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,740 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Araia

Araia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Araia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Araia from other places

Araia lies about 108 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Oro Jagdishpur, about 5.7 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 Araia
Nearest railway station	Oro Jagdishpur	5.7 km
Nearest town	Nawāda	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patori	13 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	108 km

Villages closest to Araia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Araia village had a population of 1,655. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,740 residents.

Araia village has 808 males and 847 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araia has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 916.

Araia covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Araia falls under Patori tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Araia is Oro Jagdishpur, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Araia.

Araia is about 108 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Araia is in Patori tehsil of Samastipur district. Oro Jagdishpur is about 5.7 km away. Nawāda is about 9.4 km away. Patori is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.