About Oteband Village

Oteband is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,885, made up of 934 males and 951 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 490042, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Oteband Overview

Census 2011 figures for Oteband village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	490042
Area (hectares)	460.17 hectares
Population	1,885
Male Population	934
Female Population	951
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Oteband compares

By the 2011 count Oteband is the 24th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 460.17 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Oteband

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

Oteband lies about 29 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Kumhari, about 9.6 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 Oteband
Nearest town	Kumhāri	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Kumhari	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	24 km
District headquarters	Durg	29 km

Villages closest to Oteband

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Oteband village had a population of 1,885. That makes it the 24th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Oteband village has 934 males and 951 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Oteband has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Oteband is 490042. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Oteband covers 460.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Oteband falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Oteband is Kumhari, about 9.6 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 village for Oteband.

Oteband is about 29 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Oteband is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Kumhāri is about 7.1 km away. Kumhari is about 9.6 km away. Dhamdha is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.