About Ara Village

Ara is a mid sized village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 659, made up of 411 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 603 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248196
Area (hectares)	317.07 hectares
Population	659
Male Population	411
Female Population	248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	603
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 Ara compares

By the 2011 count Ara is the 11th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 317.07 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Ara

Ara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ara 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 Ara from other places

Ara lies about 42 km from Dehradun. 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 Ara
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	13 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	30 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	42 km

Villages closest to Ara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ara village had a population of 659. That makes it the 11th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Ara village has 411 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ara has about 603 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Ara is 248196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ara covers 317.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ara falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Ara notes the nearest railway station 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 Ara.

Ara is about 42 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ara is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 13 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 30 km away. Dehradun is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.