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About Ars Village

Ars is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 89 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ars Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ars village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249175
Area (hectares) 74.37 hectares
Population 181
Male Population 89
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ars compares

By the 2011 count Ars is the 136th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 74.37 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Ars

Ars is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Ars as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Ars from other places

Ars lies about 36 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about under 2 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 Ars
Nearest town Rishīkesh under 2 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 5.7 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 36 km

Villages closest to Ars

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

Common questions about Ars

As per the Census of India 2011, Ars village had a population of 181. That makes it the 136th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Ars village has 89 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ars has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Ars is 249175. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ars covers 74.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ars falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ars is Rishikesh, about under 2 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 <5 km distance for Ars.

Ars is about 36 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ars is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Rishīkesh is about under 2 km away. Rishikesh is about under 2 km away. Narendranagar is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhaluwala (under 2 km), Pathau (3.1 km) and Tapowan (3.5 km).

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

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