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Ara Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Ara is a medium size village located in Chatra Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 215 families residing. The Ara village has population of 1287 of which 669 are males while 618 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ara village population of children with age 0-6 is 246 which makes up 19.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ara village is 924 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ara as per census is 937, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ara village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ara village was 52.83 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ara Male literacy stands at 64.21 % while female literacy rate was 40.48 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Ara village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Ara village.

Ara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 215 - -
Population 1,287 669 618
Child (0-6) 246 127 119
Schedule Caste 196 98 98
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.83 % 64.21 % 40.48 %
Total Workers 545 302 243
Main Worker 461 - -
Marginal Worker 84 26 58

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.23 % of total population in Ara village. The village Ara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ara village out of total population, 545 were engaged in work activities. 84.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 545 workers engaged in Main Work, 333 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.