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About Ojhagahan Village

Ojhagahan is a mid sized village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 885, made up of 461 males and 424 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ojhagahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ojhagahan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gurur
Pincode 491222
Area (hectares) 246.37 hectares
Population 885
Male Population 461
Female Population 424
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ojhagahan compares

By the 2011 count Ojhagahan is the 70th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 246.37 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 1022.

Getting to Ojhagahan

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

Ojhagahan lies about 46 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 15 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 Ojhagahan
Tehsil headquarters Gurur 14 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 15 km
District headquarters Durg 46 km

Villages closest to Ojhagahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ojhagahan village had a population of 885. That makes it the 70th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Ojhagahan village has 461 males and 424 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ojhagahan has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Ojhagahan is 491222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ojhagahan covers 246.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ojhagahan falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ojhagahan is Dhamtari, about 15 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 Ojhagahan.

Ojhagahan is about 46 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ojhagahan is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 14 km away. Dhamtari is about 15 km away. Durg is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Titurgahan (1.6 km), Mohara (1.7 km) and Padkibhat (2.2 km).

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

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