# Ara Village, Kalsi, Dehradun (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Kalsi, Dehradun 

# Ara

Ara is a village in Kalsi sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **659 people in 69 households**, the 11th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 659people (2011)
- 69households
- 77.4%literacy
- 603females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ara

Of every 100 households in Ara in 2011, 96 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ara · ■ Kalsi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**50%

Tap water ****89%**

**87%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****89%**

**86%

Television ****14%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****18%**

**17%

Own their home ****93%**

**85%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ara?

■ Ara · ■ Kalsi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****603**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1122**

**953

Working population ****50.2%**

**50.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 65.3% for women. 69% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 118 (36%) · **■** Other work 170 (51%) · **■** Marginal 43 (13%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kalsi

- Dhoira900 people
- Samalta Dadauli874 people
- Koti805 people
- Dimau678 people
- Saradi651 people
- Rupau627 people
- Gangro603 people
- Khamrauli Chibhau583 people

[All 170 villages in Kalsi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/dehradun/kalsi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ara?659 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ara in?Dehradun district (Kalsi sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Ara?77.4% (Census 2011)