About Ara Hama Village

Ara Hama is a large village in Kangan tehsil, in the district of Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,112, made up of 1,065 males and 1,047 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.5 hectares hectares.

Ara Hama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ara Hama village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ganderbal
Tehsil	Kangan
Area (hectares)	129.5 hectares
Population	2,112
Male Population	1,065
Female Population	1,047
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ara Hama compares

By the 2011 count Ara Hama is the 25th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents. Its 129.5 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Ara Hama

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

Ara Hama lies about 9.0 km from Ganderbal, and the nearest railway station is Pattan, about 28 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 Hama
Tehsil headquarters	Kangan	8.7 km
District headquarters	Ganderbal	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Pattan	28 km

Villages closest to Ara Hama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ara Hama village had a population of 2,112. That makes it the 25th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,879 residents.

Ara Hama village has 1,065 males and 1,047 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ara Hama has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Ara Hama covers 129.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ara Hama falls under Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Ara Hama is Pattan, about 28 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ara Hama.

Ara Hama is about 9.0 km from Ganderbal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ara Hama is in Kangan tehsil of Ganderbal district. Kangan is about 8.7 km away. Ganderbal is about 9.0 km away. Pattan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.