About Arota Village

Arota is a small village in Srinagar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 9 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,222 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 242125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arota village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Srinagar
Pincode	242125
Area (hectares)	29.07 hectares
Population	20
Male Population	9
Female Population	11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,222
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 Arota compares

By the 2011 count Arota is the 139th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 189 residents. Its 29.07 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1158.

Getting to Arota

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

Arota lies about 54 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 40 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 Arota
Tehsil headquarters	Srinagar	15 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	15 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	40 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	54 km

Villages closest to Arota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arota village had a population of 20. That makes it the 139th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 189 residents.

Arota village has 9 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arota has about 1222 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Arota is 242125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arota covers 29.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Arota falls under Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Arota is Rishikesh, about 40 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 Arota.

Arota is about 54 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arota is in Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district. Srinagar is about 15 km away. Srīnagar is about 15 km away. Rishikesh is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.