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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ara is a village in Sitapur mandal, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh. With a population of 2,316 and 517 households, it has a literacy rate of 41.6%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AJIT TIGGA
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- LGD code
- 433444
- Pincode
- 497111
- Post office
- Sitapur
- Population
- 2,316
- Households
- 517
- Literacy rate
- 41.6%
- Sex ratio
- 976 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,203
- Distance to district centre
- 165 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 154 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 584 km
- Nearest railway station
- Saragbundia · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt hospital Saragbundia · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ara compares
By population, Ara ranks #11 of 50 villages in Sitapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.6%
−9.6% vs mandal average
- Ara
- 41.6%
- Sitapur mandal
- 51.2%
- Surguja district
- 50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
976
−35 vs mandal average
- Ara
- 976
- Sitapur mandal
- 1,011
Household size
people per home
4.5
Same as the mandal average
- Ara
- 4.5
- Sitapur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ara at a glance
Ara is a village of 2,316 people in 517 households (Census 2011) in Sitapur tehsil, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, the 11th-largest of 50 villages in Sitapur tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 976 women per 1,000 men. It lies 165 km from the Surguja district centre, 4 km from Saragbundia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 497111, served by Sitapur post office; the LGD village code is 433444. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt hospital Saragbundia, 4 km away. The sarpanch is AJIT TIGGA, and the village votes in Rampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Phoolsingh Rathiya. The population is estimated at 2,731 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SITAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 69
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ARA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,079.85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.43
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ara
- LGD code
- 433444
- Pincode
- 497111
- Post office
- Sitapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,316
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,731
- Households
- 517
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 976
- Literacy rate
- 41.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.21862°N, 82.69246°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Korba
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rampur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotsna Mahant
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Phoolsingh Rathiya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AJIT TIGGA
- Block / Mandal
- Sitapur
- Nearest railway station
- Saragbundia (4.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Ara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur154 kmcapital
- Kolkata584 km
- Hyderabad694 km
- Delhi899 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSaragbundia4 km
- Bus stopDipka bus stop21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt hospital Saragbundia4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India20 km
- Petrol pumpIBP Petrol Station25 km
- CollegeJawaharLal Nehru Degree College35 km
- Police stationPolice Station26 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Saragbundia4.2 km
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View all 50+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-10
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)