About Ara Village

Ara is a mid sized village in Senha tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 263 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Senha
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	330 hectares
Population	544
Male Population	263
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
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 Ara compares

By the 2011 count Ara is the 39th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents. Its 330 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Ara

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

Ara lies about 11 km from Lohardaga. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Senha	9.4 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	11 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	11 km

Villages closest to Ara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ara village had a population of 544. That makes it the 39th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents.

Ara village has 263 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ara has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Ara is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ara covers 330 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ara falls under Senha tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Ara notes the nearest railway station 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 Ara.

Ara is about 11 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ara is in Senha tehsil of Lohardaga district. Senha is about 9.4 km away. Lohardaga is about 11 km away. Lohārdagā is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.