About Aranya Village

Aranya is a mid sized village in Gangdhar tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 574, made up of 289 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aranya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aranya village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Gangdhar
Pincode	326515
Area (hectares)	324.42 hectares
Population	574
Male Population	289
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Aranya compares

By the 2011 count Aranya is the 99th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 324.42 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Aranya

Aranya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Aranya 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Aranya from other places

Aranya lies about 102 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Thuria, 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 Aranya
Nearest railway station	Thuria	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangdhar	12 km
Nearest town	Alot	14 km
District headquarters	Jhalawar	102 km

Villages closest to Aranya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aranya village had a population of 574. That makes it the 99th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Aranya village has 289 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aranya has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Aranya is 326515. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aranya covers 324.42 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.

Aranya falls under Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Aranya is Thuria, 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 10+ km distance for Aranya.

Aranya is about 102 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aranya is in Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district. Thuria is about 6.0 km away. Gangdhar is about 12 km away. Alot is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.