About Arra Village

Arra is a large village in Bhatar tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,821, made up of 1,433 males and 1,388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 510.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Arra compares

By the 2011 count Arra is the 27th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,529 residents. Its 510.9 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

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 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Amarun, Ambana, Balgana and Balsidanga. 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.