# Arar Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Arar

Arar is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,618 people in 1,196 households**, the 7th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 5,618people (2011)
- 1,196households
- 88.8%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arar

Of every 100 households in Arar in 2011, 80 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Arar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**19%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****42%**

**44%

Television ****44%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Arar?

■ Arar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.8%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**942

Working population ****36.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 83.2% for women. 64% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 318 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 319 (16%) · **■** Household industry 74 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,182 (58%) · **■** Marginal 153 (7%)

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 Kolaghat

- Bhogpur7,559 people
- Saluka5,680 people
- Narayan Pakuria5,654 people
- Siddha5,642 people
- Gopal Nagar5,333 people
- Rain5,329 people
- Raksa Chak4,308 people
- Mandar Gachha4,204 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arar?5,618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arar in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arar?88.8% (Census 2011)