About Okenar Village

Okenar is a small village in Bhairamgarh tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 36 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okenar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okenar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Bhairamgarh
Pincode	494553
Area (hectares)	163.55 hectares
Population	76
Male Population	36
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Okenar compares

By the 2011 count Okenar is the 174th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 163.55 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1065.

Getting to Okenar

Okenar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Okenar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Okenar from other places

Okenar lies about 42 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 7.6 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 Okenar
Nearest railway station	Kamalur	7.6 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhairamgarh	23 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	42 km

Villages closest to Okenar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okenar village had a population of 76. That makes it the 174th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Okenar village has 36 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okenar has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1065.

The pincode recorded for Okenar is 494553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okenar covers 163.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Okenar falls under Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Okenar is Kamalur, about 7.6 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Okenar.

Okenar is about 42 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okenar is in Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district. Kamalur is about 7.6 km away. Bacheli is about 20 km away. Bhairamgarh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.