About Orma Village

Orma is a mid sized village in Balod tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 872, made up of 453 males and 419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orma village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Balod
Pincode	491226
Area (hectares)	279.65 hectares
Population	872
Male Population	453
Female Population	419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Orma compares

By the 2011 count Orma is the 54th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents. Its 279.65 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Orma

Orma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Orma 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orma from other places

Orma lies about 47 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Balod, about 3.9 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 Orma
Nearest railway station	Balod	3.9 km
District headquarters	Durg	47 km

Villages closest to Orma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Orma village had a population of 872. That makes it the 54th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents.

Orma village has 453 males and 419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orma has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Orma is 491226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orma covers 279.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Orma falls under Balod tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Orma is Balod, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Orma is about 47 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orma is in Balod tehsil of Durg district. Balod is about 3.9 km away. Durg is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.