Ara is a

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in the

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CD block in the

Ramgarh subdivision Ramgarh subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Ramgarh district in the North Chotanagpur division in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Around 1740, Ramgarh was "Jungle District of Ramgarh". With the East India Company acquiring the ' ...

of the

Ramgarh district Ramgarh district is one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It was also a military district during the British Regime, referred to then as Ramgarh district. It is the part of State Capital Region (SCR). Ramgarh was made a di ...

in the state of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

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Geography

Location

Ara is located at .

Area overview

Ramgarh has a vibrant coal-mining sector. The map alongside provides links to five operational areas of

Central Coalfields Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), an undertaking of the Government of India. CCL was established in 1956 as National Coal Development Corporation Limited and is a Category-I Mini Ratna company sinc ...

spread across South Karanpura Coalfield,

Ramgarh Coalfield Ramgarh Coalfield are located in Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Overview In 1917, L.S.S.O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the Damodar as follows: “Near the western boundary of Jharia field is that ...

and

West Bokaro Coalfield West Bokaro Coalfield is located mostly in Ramgarh district and partly in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Overview In 1917, L.S.S.O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the Damodar as follows: "Near the ...

. Four of the six CD blocks in the district have coal mines – Patratu, Ramgarh, Mandu and Chitarpur. The high concentration of census towns in these blocks are noticeable on the map. Only two blocks, Gola and Dulmi, are totally rural areas. Ramgarh district lies in the central part of the

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...

. The Damodar valley covers most of the district. The forested areas in highlands to the north and the south of the valley can be seen in the map (mark the shaded areas). "Chotanagpur has a charm of its own… The entire area forms one of the most charming series of views imaginable. The far-off hills in the background in exquisite tints of blue or purple as the light falls, the nearer hills picturesquely shaped and luxuriant in every shade of green with their bold escarpments in black or grey, and the brown plains below furnishing their quota of colours." Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Ara had a total population of 13,547, of which 7,031 (52%) were males and 6,516 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,840. The total number of literate persons in Ara was 9,069 (77.47% of the population over 6 years). India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Ara had a population of 14,181. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Ara has an average

literacy Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 63% of the males and 37% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Ramgarh'', Ara covered an area of 8.081 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 18 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells, pressure tanks. It had 2,660 domestic electric connections, 50 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 8 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 63 family welfare centres, 63 maternity and child welfare centres, 63 maternity homes, 3 nursing home, 8 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 5 primary schools, 4 middle schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at

Ramgarh Cantonment Ramgarh Cantonment, usually referred to as Ramgarh Cantt or just Ramgarh is a cantonment town, belonging to the Ramgarh district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Historically, a subdivision of the larger Hazaribag district, Ramgarh was ...

12 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 stadium, 1 auditorium/ community hall. One important commodity it produced was coal. It had the branch offices of 3 nationalised banks, 1 agricultural credit society, 1 non-agricultural credit society.

Economy

The projects of the Kuju Area of

are: Saruberia underground, Saruberia opencast, Ara open cast, Kuju underground, Topa underground, Topa open cast, Pindra underground, Pindra open cast, Pundi open cast, Karma opencast. The area office is at Hesagarha, Kuju 825316.

References

{{Ramgarh District Cities and towns in Ramgarh district