By population, Arani ranks #93 of 137 villages in Agar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arani is a village of 520 people in 113 households (Census 2011) in Agar tehsil, Agar-Malwa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 93rd-largest of 137 villages in Agar tehsil. Literacy is 51%, about the same as the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Agar-Malwa district centre, 44 km from Dag, the nearest town, 30 km from Shajapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 465441, served by Agar Malwa post office; the LGD village code is 472577. The nearest hospital or health centre is Soni Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Babli Bai, and the village votes in Agar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhav Singh. The population is estimated at 613 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ghurasiya →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arani · this village | 520 | 51% | — |
| Ghurasiya · Agar | 1,422 | 60% | 1.9 km NE |
| Bajna · Agar | 1,065 | 50% | 1.9 km S |
| Newari · Agar | 859 | 46% | 2.2 km W |
| Gata · Agar | 572 | 45% | 2.4 km SW |
| Gangada Buzurg · Agar | 337 | 40% | 2.5 km NW |
| Gangada Hadda · Agar | 400 | 60% | 3 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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