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About Olhanpur Village

Olhanpur is one of the larger villages in Marhaura tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,025, made up of 6,308 males and 5,717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 432 hectares hectares.

Olhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olhanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Marhaura
Area (hectares) 432 hectares
Population 12,025
Male Population 6,308
Female Population 5,717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Olhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Olhanpur is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,345 residents. Its 432 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Olhanpur

Olhanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Olhanpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Olhanpur from other places

Olhanpur lies about 28 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Bahuara Halt, about 3.6 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 Olhanpur
Nearest railway station Bahuara Halt 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Marhaura 11 km
District headquarters Saran 28 km

Villages closest to Olhanpur

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

Common questions about Olhanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Olhanpur village had a population of 12,025. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,345 residents.

Olhanpur village has 6,308 males and 5,717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olhanpur has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Olhanpur covers 432 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Olhanpur falls under Marhaura tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Olhanpur is Bahuara Halt, about 3.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Olhanpur.

Olhanpur is about 28 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olhanpur is in Marhaura tehsil of Saran district. Bahuara Halt is about 3.6 km away. Marhaura is about 11 km away. Saran is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahbazpur (1.6 km), Senduari (1.8 km) and Madhopur (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Olhanpur today is likely to be higher.

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