About Aarra Village

Aarra is a small village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 447, made up of 210 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 505.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aarra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aarra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Antagarh
Pincode	494665
Area (hectares)	505.14 hectares
Population	447
Male Population	210
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,129
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Aarra compares

By the 2011 count Aarra is the 60th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 505.14 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Aarra

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

Aarra lies about 7.2 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 9.0 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 Aarra
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Antagarh	16 km
Nearest town	Kānker	34 km

Villages closest to Aarra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aarra village had a population of 447. That makes it the 60th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Aarra village has 210 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aarra has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Aarra is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aarra covers 505.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Aarra falls under Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Aarra is Keoti, about 9.0 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 10+ km distance for Aarra.

Aarra is about 7.2 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aarra is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 7.2 km away. Keoti is about 9.0 km away. Antagarh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.