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About Araria Village

Araria is a small village in Markacho tehsil, in the district of Kodarma, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 347, made up of 180 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Araria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araria village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Kodarma
Tehsil Markacho
Pincode 825418
Area (hectares) 443 hectares
Population 347
Male Population 180
Female Population 167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
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 Araria compares

By the 2011 count Araria is the 71st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 948 residents. Its 443 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1028.

Getting to Araria

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

Araria lies about 48 km from Kodarma, and the nearest railway station is Rema, about 13 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 Araria
Nearest railway station Rema 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Markacho 15 km
Nearest town Barki Saria 16 km
District headquarters Kodarma 48 km

Villages closest to Araria

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

Common questions about Araria

As per the Census of India 2011, Araria village had a population of 347. That makes it the 71st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 948 residents.

Araria village has 180 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araria has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Araria is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Araria covers 443 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Araria falls under Markacho tehsil of Kodarma district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Araria is Rema, about 13 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 Araria.

Araria is about 48 km from Kodarma in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Araria is in Markacho tehsil of Kodarma district. Rema is about 13 km away. Markacho is about 15 km away. Barki Saria is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barotanr (5.3 km), Birajpur (6.0 km) and Beko (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Araria today is likely to be higher.

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