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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ara is a village in Chatra mandal, Chatra district, Jharkhand, with a population of 317 across 52 households. The village has a literacy rate of 55.2% and is assigned PIN code 825401.
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- LGD code
- 348650
- Pincode
- 825401
- Post office
- Chatra (Chatra)
- Population
- 317
- Households
- 52
- Literacy rate
- 55.2%
- Sex ratio
- 921 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 84
- Distance to district centre
- 13 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 102 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 286 km
- Nearest railway station
- Parasnath · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- L.C Memorial Clinic · <1 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
आरा की तुलना
By population, Ara ranks #103 of 182 villages in Chatra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.2%
+10.8% vs mandal average
Ara55.2%
Chatra mandal44.4%
Chatra district48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
921
−23 vs mandal average
Ara921
Chatra mandal944
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
Ara6.1
Chatra mandal5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
आरा एक नज़र में
आरा झारखण्ड के चतरा जिले के चतरा ब्लॉक में 317 लोगों 52 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो चतरा ब्लॉक के 182 गांवों में 103वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 55% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 44% से 11 अंक अधिक है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 921 महिलाएं। यह चतरा जिला मुख्यालय से 13 किमी, निकटतम कस्बे Kharki से 10 किमी, Parasnath रेलवे स्टेशन से 1 से कम किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 825401 है, Chatra (Chatra) डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 348650 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र L.C Memorial Clinic है, <1 किमी दूर। सरपंच Lalita kumari हैं, और गांव Dumri विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Jairam Kumar Mahato हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 374 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · आरा
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 19
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MAKTAMA
- Total area (ha)
- 289
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.74
- Forest area (ha)
- 162.45
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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मुख्य तथ्य — आरा
- LGD code
- 348650
- Pincode
- 825401
- Post office
- Chatra (Chatra)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 317
- Population (projected 2026)
- 374
- Households
- 52
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 921
- Literacy rate
- 55.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.98527°N, 86.02928°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dumri
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jairam Kumar Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Lalita kumari
- Block / Mandal
- Chatra
पहुंचने का रास्ता
आरा कैसे पहुंचें
शहरों से दूरी · सीधी रेखा
- Ranchi102 kmcapital
- Kolkata286 km
- Delhi1018 km
- Hyderabad1074 km
प्रकार अनुसार निकटतम · क्षेत्र में कहीं भी
- Railway stationParasnath<1 km
- Hospital / PHCL.C Memorial Clinic<1 km
- ATM / bankBank of India29 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil23 km
- CollegeSSLNT College46 km
- Police stationBarora Police Station29 km
एक ही पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 825401
एक नाम, अलग जगह
Other villages named Ara
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चतरा मंडल के अन्य गांव
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)