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About Otebandh Village

Otebandh is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,407, made up of 728 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 462.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Otebandh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Otebandh village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gunderdehi
Pincode 491221
Area (hectares) 462.19 hectares
Population 1,407
Male Population 728
Female Population 679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Otebandh compares

By the 2011 count Otebandh is the 46th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 462.19 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 1007.

Getting to Otebandh

Otebandh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Otebandh as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Otebandh from other places

Otebandh lies about 18 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Risama, about 4.1 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 Otebandh
Nearest railway station Risama 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Gunderdehi 9.8 km
District headquarters Durg 18 km

Villages closest to Otebandh

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

Common questions about Otebandh

As per the Census of India 2011, Otebandh village had a population of 1,407. That makes it the 46th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Otebandh village has 728 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Otebandh has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Otebandh is 491221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Otebandh covers 462.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Otebandh falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Otebandh is Risama, about 4.1 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 <5 km distance for Otebandh.

Otebandh is about 18 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Otebandh is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Risama is about 4.1 km away. Gunderdehi is about 9.8 km away. Durg is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirsida (under 2 km), Khapparwada (1.5 km) and Parsada (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Otebandh today is likely to be higher.

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