About Orai Village

Orai is a mid sized village in Amarpur tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 821, made up of 424 males and 397 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74 hectares hectares.

Orai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orai village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Amarpur
Area (hectares)	74 hectares
Population	821
Male Population	424
Female Population	397
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Orai compares

By the 2011 count Orai is the 65th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents. Its 74 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Orai

Orai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Orai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orai from other places

Orai lies about 13 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Barahat Junction, about 3.4 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Orai
Nearest railway station	Barahat Junction	3.4 km
District headquarters	Banka	13 km
Nearest town	Bānka	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amarpur	17 km

Villages closest to Orai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amarpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Orai

As per the Census of India 2011, Orai village had a population of 821. That makes it the 65th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents.

Orai village has 424 males and 397 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orai has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Orai covers 74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Orai falls under Amarpur tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Orai is Barahat Junction, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Orai.

Orai is about 13 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orai is in Amarpur tehsil of Banka district. Barahat Junction is about 3.4 km away. Banka is about 13 km away. Bānka is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.