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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Arra<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 2821<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| area_total_km2 = <br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 713125<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialing|STD]] code<br />
| area_code = 0342<br />
| registration_plate = <br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman-Durgapur]]<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Bhatar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatar]]<br />
| website = {{URL|purbabardhaman.gov.in/}}<br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| other_name = <br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
| image_skyline = <br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal # India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|23|21|32.1|N|87|54|47.3|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
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| governing_body = <br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| footnotes = <br />
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}}<br />
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'''Arra''' is a village in [[Bhatar (community development block)|Bhatar]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] in [[Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision]] of [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]] with total 671 families residing. It is located about {{convert|20|km}} from [[West Bengal]] on [[National highways of India|National Highway]] towards [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]].<ref>{{cite book|title=District Census Handbook|year=1985|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z9nRpjG7WFsC&q=burdwan+ratanpur,bhatar+handbook+census}}</ref><br />
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==Transport==<br />
At around {{convert|20|km}} from [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]], the journey to Arra from the town can be made by bus.<ref>{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Series 20 Part XII A, Census of India 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1909_PART_A_DCHB_BARDDHAMAN.pdf|access-date=21 January 2019|work=Page 637: Map of Bhatar CD Block|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Population==<br />
Most of the villagers are from [[Schedule Caste]]s (SC), which constitute 38.60% while [[Schedule Tribe]]s (ST) were 2.62% of the total [[Population (human biology)|population]] in Arra village.<ref name="census3-2011">{{cite web|title=2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html|access-date=26 February 2017|work=West Bengal – District-wise|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman|url=http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook|archive-date=21 January 2019|access-date=25 January 2019|work=Table 2.2|publisher=Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal}}</ref><br />
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==Population and house data==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
!Particulars<br />
!Total<br />
!Male<br />
!Female<br />
|-<br />
|Total no. of houses<br />
|'''671'''<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
|-<br />
|Population<br />
|'''2,821'''<br />
|1,433<br />
|1,388<br />
|-<br />
|Child (0–6)<br />
|'''274'''<br />
|153<br />
|121<br />
|-<br />
|Schedule Caste<br />
|'''1,089'''<br />
|551<br />
|538<br />
|-<br />
|Schedule Tribe<br />
|'''74'''<br />
|35<br />
|39<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist|2}}<br />
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{{Purba Bardhaman District}}<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Purba Bardhaman district]]<br />
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