About Ara Village

Ara is a mid sized village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,850, made up of 925 males and 925 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 563.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Rajpur
Pincode	497001
Area (hectares)	563.21 hectares
Population	1,850
Male Population	925
Female Population	925
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ara compares

By the 2011 count Ara is the 16th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 563.21 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Ara

Ara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Ara from other places

Ara lies about 25 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Ambikapur, about 24 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 Ara
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Ambikapur	24 km
District headquarters	Surguja	25 km
Nearest town	Ambikāpur	25 km

Villages closest to Ara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ara village had a population of 1,850. That makes it the 16th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Ara village has 925 males and 925 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ara has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Ara is 497001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ara covers 563.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ara falls under Rajpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ara is Ambikapur, about 24 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Ara.

Ara is about 25 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ara is in Rajpur tehsil of Surguja district. Rajpur is about 18 km away. Ambikapur is about 24 km away. Surguja is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.