About Arain Village

Arain is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 68 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814166, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arain village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Fatehpur
Pincode	814166
Area (hectares)	68.05 hectares
Population	131
Male Population	68
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Arain compares

By the 2011 count Arain is the 150th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 533 residents. Its 68.05 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 975.

Getting to Arain

Arain is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Arain as Available within 5 - 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 Arain from other places

Arain lies about 132 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, 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 Arain
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Ghogha	17 km
Nearest town	Colgong	20 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	132 km

Villages closest to Arain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arain village had a population of 131. That makes it the 150th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 533 residents.

Arain village has 68 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arain has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Arain is 814166. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arain covers 68.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Arain falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Arain is Ghogha, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Arain.

Arain is about 132 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arain is in Fatehpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Fatehpur is about 11 km away. Ghogha is about 17 km away. Colgong is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.