About Araga Village

Araga is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 859, made up of 435 males and 424 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577414, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Araga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araga village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577414
Area (hectares)	215.53 hectares
Population	859
Male Population	435
Female Population	424
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Araga compares

By the 2011 count Araga is the 38th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 215.53 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Araga

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

Araga lies about 44 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 30 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 Araga
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	30 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	32 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	44 km

Villages closest to Araga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Araga village had a population of 859. That makes it the 38th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Araga village has 435 males and 424 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araga has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Araga is 577414. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Araga covers 215.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Araga falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Araga is Arasalu, about 30 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 village for Araga.

Araga is about 44 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Araga is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 8.1 km away. Arasalu is about 30 km away. Someshwar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.