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About Otenda Village

Otenda is a large village in Makdi tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,219, made up of 1,087 males and 1,132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1257.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Otenda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Otenda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Makdi
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 1257.96 hectares
Population 2,219
Male Population 1,087
Female Population 1,132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Otenda compares

By the 2011 count Otenda is the 5th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 1257.96 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Otenda

Otenda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Otenda as Available. 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. The nearest villages by name are Mirminda, Nalajhar, Newara and Odargaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Otenda

As per the Census of India 2011, Otenda village had a population of 2,219. That makes it the 5th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Otenda village has 1,087 males and 1,132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Otenda has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Otenda is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Otenda covers 1257.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Otenda falls under Makdi tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Otenda notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Otenda is in Makdi tehsil of Bastar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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