Ara
Rajpur block · Balrampur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 497118
· village code 433315
Population 2011
1,850
Census of India
Population 2020
3,460
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+87.0%
1,610 people · 7.2% a year
Households
511
+46.4% vs 349 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,850
Male / female
925 / 925
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
329
Literacy rate
48.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
19 / 473
Working population
867
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.7%
Households
349
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
73
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
511
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
293 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
293 / 29 / 14
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Aara panchayat, Rajpur zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹11.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.41 lakh
Received directly
₹3,000
Spent
₹16.56 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.90 lakh · received ₹6.85 lakh · spent ₹7.90 lakh · left ₹6.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.93 lakh · received ₹10.56 lakh · spent ₹8.66 lakh · left ₹5.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2072, 83.3378 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Balrampur district ·
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staffing across Balrampur ·
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