About Arid Village

Arid is a mid sized village in Burmu tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 718, made up of 336 males and 382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,137 females per 1000 males. The village covers 424.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arid Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arid village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Burmu
Pincode	835214
Area (hectares)	424.95 hectares
Population	718
Male Population	336
Female Population	382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,137
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Arid compares

By the 2011 count Arid is the 47th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents. Its 424.95 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 976.

Getting to Arid

Arid is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Arid as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Arid from other places

Arid lies about 36 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Hendegir, about 6.0 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 Arid
Nearest railway station	Hendegir	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Burmu	8.8 km
Nearest town	Patrātu	14 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	36 km

Villages closest to Arid

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arid village had a population of 718. That makes it the 47th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents.

Arid village has 336 males and 382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arid has about 1137 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Arid is 835214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arid covers 424.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Arid falls under Burmu tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Arid is Hendegir, about 6.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Arid.

Arid is about 36 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arid is in Burmu tehsil of Ranchi district. Hendegir is about 6.0 km away. Burmu is about 8.8 km away. Patrātu is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.