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About Araw Village

Araw is a small village in Mahabaleshwar tehsil, in the district of Satara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 151, made up of 70 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,157 females per 1000 males. The village covers 649.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415715, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Araw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araw village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Satara
Tehsil Mahabaleshwar
Pincode 415715
Area (hectares) 649.26 hectares
Population 151
Male Population 70
Female Population 81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,157
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Araw compares

By the 2011 count Araw is the 92nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 405 residents. Its 649.26 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1079.

Getting to Araw

Araw is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Araw as Available within <5 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. The nearest villages by name are Adhal, Ahire, Akalpe and Ambral. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Araw

As per the Census of India 2011, Araw village had a population of 151. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 405 residents.

Araw village has 70 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araw has about 1157 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1079.

The pincode recorded for Araw is 415715. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Araw covers 649.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Araw falls under Mahabaleshwar tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Araw notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Araw.

Araw is in Mahabaleshwar tehsil of Satara district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Araw today is likely to be higher.

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