About Aritar Village

Aritar is a large village in Rongli tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,175, made up of 1,601 males and 1,574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 697.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aritar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aritar village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Rongli
Pincode	737133
Area (hectares)	697.4 hectares
Population	3,175
Male Population	1,601
Female Population	1,574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Aritar compares

By the 2011 count Aritar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents. Its 697.4 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Aritar

Aritar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Aritar as Available within 5 - 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 Aritar from other places

Aritar lies about 8.2 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is New Mal Junction, about 35 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 Aritar
Tehsil headquarters	Rongli	4.2 km
District headquarters	East District	8.2 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	16 km
Nearest railway station	New Mal Junction	35 km

Villages closest to Aritar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aritar village had a population of 3,175. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents.

Aritar village has 1,601 males and 1,574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aritar has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Aritar is 737133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aritar covers 697.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Aritar falls under Rongli tehsil of East District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Aritar is New Mal Junction, about 35 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Aritar.

Aritar is about 8.2 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aritar is in Rongli tehsil of East District district. Rongli is about 4.2 km away. East District is about 8.2 km away. Gangtok is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.