Ara, Sitapur

Ara (आरा) is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Sitapur Tehsil in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, which falls under Sitapur block. It belongs to Surguja parliament constituency and Sitapur assembly constituency. Urmila Beck is the President of Ara Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address gpara01-ct@gov.in and mobile number 62652xxx23. The Secretary is Mrs Sunita Tirkey, who can be reached at email address gpara01-ct@gov.com and mobile number 87702xxx57. The Panchayat address is Gram Panchayat Ara, Block Sitapur, Surguja, Pincode - 497111. You can reach there by taking a bus till Baniya Bus Stop which is around 2 km away.

As on November 2024, the current population of Ara is 2.8 thousands out of which 1.4 thousands are males and rest 1.4 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 976 females per 1000 males. There are around 402 teenagers in Ara. It has literacy rate of 42% which means around 1.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 94 people belonging to scheduled caste and 2.3 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 623 households in Ara, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 1.4 thousands. The pincode of Ara is 497111 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Sitapur Sub Post office
• Bataikela Branch Post office
• Bhusu Branch Post office
• Girhuldih Branch Post office
• Kamleshwarpur Branch Post office

Schools

Ara has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Primary School Boys Asharam Shala Ara
• Govt.Primary School Arra Navapara
• Middle School Ara
• Primary School Mithupara
• Primary School Pakripara

Hospitals

Ara has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Guturma Sub-Center
• Sitapur Community Health Center
• Raikera Sub-Center
• Kerju Sub-Center
• Petla Sub-Center

Banks

Ara has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Central Bank of India Sitapur, Dist. Surguja
• Central Bank of India Narbadapur
• HDFC Bank Sitapur
• State Bank of India Sitapur

Panchayat Members

Sarpanch

Urmila Beck is the Sarpanch of Ara Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 62652xxx23 and email is gpara01-ct@gov.in.

Up Sarpanch

अनिमा तिर्की is the Up Sarpanch of Ara Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 62669xxx60 and email is bprcsitapur@gmail.com.

Panch

Ara Gram Panchayat has total 17 elected Panch.

1. मीरा बेक - Mobile: 62671xxx52 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
2. शांति मिंज - Mobile: 88178xxx82 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
3. कान्‍ता मिंज - Mobile: 88154xxx60 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
4. मिलन लकड़ा - Mobile: 77229xxx21 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
5. अमित मिंज - Mobile: 93022xxx22 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
6. सर्वेश्‍वर तिर्की - Mobile: 84588xxx52 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
7. फुलेश्‍वरी - Mobile: 62614xxx19 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
8. सर्वेश्‍वर कुसरो - Mobile: 84588xxx52 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
9. कटले टोप्‍पो - Mobile: 88178xxx82 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
10. अनुपा तिर्की - Mobile: 62671xxx52 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
11. शीला - Mobile: 70898xxx65 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
12. संध्‍या मिंज - Mobile: 62664xxx85 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
13. सविता एक्‍का - Mobile: 93996xxx58 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
14. सुखमनिया - Mobile: 62662xxx07 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
15. सुखराम - Mobile: 62668xxx89 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
16. चन्द्रिका - Mobile: 62668xxx89 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com
17. महेश यादव - Mobile: 76970xxx91 - Email: bprcsitapur@gmail.com

Covered villages

Ara Gram Panchayat manages total 1 villages.

• Ara