About Arar Village

Arar is a small village in Bhandaria tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 41 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 900.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Bhandaria
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	900.9 hectares
Population	78
Male Population	41
Female Population	37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
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 Arar compares

By the 2011 count Arar is the 66th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 887 residents. Its 900.9 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Arar

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

Arar lies about 49 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 17 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 Arar
Tehsil headquarters	Bhandaria	17 km
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	17 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	33 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	49 km

Villages closest to Arar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arar village had a population of 78. That makes it the 66th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 887 residents.

Arar village has 41 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arar has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Arar is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arar covers 900.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Arar falls under Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Arar is Barwadih Junction, about 17 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 Arar.

Arar is about 49 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arar is in Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district. Bhandaria is about 17 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 17 km away. Medininagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.