About Okhar Village

Okhar is a large village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,292, made up of 1,576 males and 1,716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 987.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Masturi
Pincode	495551
Area (hectares)	987.25 hectares
Population	3,292
Male Population	1,576
Female Population	1,716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Okhar compares

By the 2011 count Okhar is the 19th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 987.25 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Okhar

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

Okhar lies about 27 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Dagori, about 18 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 Okhar
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	16 km
Nearest railway station	Dagori	18 km
Nearest town	Baloda Bāzār	22 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	27 km

Villages closest to Okhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okhar village had a population of 3,292. That makes it the 19th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Okhar village has 1,576 males and 1,716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okhar has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Okhar is 495551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okhar covers 987.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Okhar falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Okhar is Dagori, about 18 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 village for Okhar.

Okhar is about 27 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okhar is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Masturi is about 16 km away. Dagori is about 18 km away. Baloda Bāzār is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.