About Okhra Village

Okhra is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 794, made up of 387 males and 407 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 490036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okhra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	490036
Area (hectares)	238.95 hectares
Population	794
Male Population	387
Female Population	407
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Okhra compares

By the 2011 count Okhra is the 109th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 238.95 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 1004.

Getting to Okhra

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

Okhra lies about 20 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhilai D Cabin, about 10 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 Okhra
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Bhilai D Cabin	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	20 km
District headquarters	Durg	20 km

Villages closest to Okhra

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 Okhra

As per the Census of India 2011, Okhra village had a population of 794. That makes it the 109th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Okhra village has 387 males and 407 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okhra has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Okhra is 490036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okhra covers 238.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Okhra falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Okhra is Bhilai D Cabin, about 10 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 Okhra.

Okhra is about 20 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okhra is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Ahīwāra is about 6.0 km away. Bhilai D Cabin is about 10 km away. Dhamdha is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.