About Arka Village

Arka is a small village in Badi tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 354, made up of 192 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.754 hectares hectares.

Arka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Badi
Area (hectares)	200.754 hectares
Population	354
Male Population	192
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Arka compares

By the 2011 count Arka is the 80th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 807 residents. Its 200.754 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Arka

Arka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Arka 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Arka from other places

Arka lies about 57 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Guramkhedi, about 22 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 Arka
Tehsil headquarters	Badi	19 km
Nearest railway station	Guramkhedi	22 km
Nearest town	Bareli	25 km
District headquarters	Raisen	57 km

Villages closest to Arka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arka village had a population of 354. That makes it the 80th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 807 residents.

Arka village has 192 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arka has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Arka covers 200.754 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Arka falls under Badi tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Arka is Guramkhedi, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Arka.

Arka is about 57 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arka is in Badi tehsil of Raisen district. Badi is about 19 km away. Guramkhedi is about 22 km away. Bareli is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.