About Arai Village

Arai is a small village in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 128, made up of 62 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sona Rai Tharhi
Pincode	814150
Area (hectares)	49 hectares
Population	128
Male Population	62
Female Population	66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Arai compares

By the 2011 count Arai is the 145th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 387 residents. Its 49 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Arai

Arai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Arai as Available within 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 Arai from other places

Arai lies about 31 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Joramow Railway Station, about 5.3 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 Arai
Nearest railway station	Joramow Railway Station	5.3 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sona Rai Tharhi	31 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	31 km

Villages closest to Arai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sona Rai Tharhi 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 Arai

As per the Census of India 2011, Arai village had a population of 128. That makes it the 145th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 387 residents.

Arai village has 62 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arai has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Arai is 814150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arai covers 49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Arai falls under Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Arai is Joramow Railway Station, about 5.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Arai.

Arai is about 31 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arai is in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district. Joramow Railway Station is about 5.3 km away. Madhupur is about 14 km away. Sona Rai Tharhi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.