About Aratal Village

Aratal is a mid sized village in Shiggaon tehsil, in the district of Haveri, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,687, made up of 884 males and 803 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1361.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581193, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aratal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aratal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Haveri
Tehsil	Shiggaon
Pincode	581193
Area (hectares)	1361.05 hectares
Population	1,687
Male Population	884
Female Population	803
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Aratal compares

By the 2011 count Aratal is the 26th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,507 residents. Its 1361.05 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Aratal

Aratal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Aratal as Available within village. 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 Aratal from other places

Aratal lies about 38 km from Haveri, and the nearest railway station is Gudageri, about 28 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 Aratal
Tehsil headquarters	Shiggaon	10 km
Nearest railway station	Gudageri	28 km
District headquarters	Haveri	38 km

Villages closest to Aratal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aratal village had a population of 1,687. That makes it the 26th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,507 residents.

Aratal village has 884 males and 803 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aratal has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Aratal is 581193. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aratal covers 1361.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Aratal falls under Shiggaon tehsil of Haveri district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Aratal is Gudageri, about 28 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Aratal.

Aratal is about 38 km from Haveri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aratal is in Shiggaon tehsil of Haveri district. Shiggaon is about 10 km away. Gudageri is about 28 km away. Haveri is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.