About Arra Village

Arra is a large village in Chhatna tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,127, made up of 1,074 males and 1,053 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722137, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Arra compares

By the 2011 count Arra is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 685 residents. Its 179.76 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Arra

Arra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Arra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Amdiha, Ampahari, Antkuria and Anturi Bana. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.