About Owa Village

Owa is a mid sized village in Makhdumpur tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,083, made up of 558 males and 525 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 804422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Owa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Owa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jehanabad
Tehsil	Makhdumpur
Pincode	804422
Area (hectares)	188 hectares
Population	1,083
Male Population	558
Female Population	525
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Owa compares

By the 2011 count Owa is the 74th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Owa

Owa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Owa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Owa from other places

Owa lies about 21 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Ner Halt, about 1.6 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 Owa
Nearest railway station	Ner Halt	1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Makhdumpur	4.3 km
District headquarters	Jehanabad	21 km

Villages closest to Owa

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

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Common questions about Owa

As per the Census of India 2011, Owa village had a population of 1,083. That makes it the 74th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Owa village has 558 males and 525 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Owa has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Owa is 804422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Owa covers 188 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Owa falls under Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Owa is Ner Halt, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Owa is about 21 km from Jehanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Owa is in Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district. Ner Halt is about 1.6 km away. Makhdumpur is about 4.3 km away. Jehanabad is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.