About Onkarband Village

Onkarband is a small village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 449, made up of 225 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Onkarband Overview

Census 2011 figures for Onkarband village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Bagbahra
Pincode	493551
Area (hectares)	431.59 hectares
Population	449
Male Population	225
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Onkarband compares

By the 2011 count Onkarband is the 167th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 431.59 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Onkarband

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

Onkarband lies about 17 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bhimkhoj, about 3.4 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 Onkarband
Nearest railway station	Bhimkhoj	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagbahra	14 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	17 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	17 km

Villages closest to Onkarband

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Onkarband village had a population of 449. That makes it the 167th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Onkarband village has 225 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Onkarband has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Onkarband is 493551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Onkarband covers 431.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Onkarband falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Onkarband is Bhimkhoj, about 3.4 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 Onkarband.

Onkarband is about 17 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Onkarband is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Bhimkhoj is about 3.4 km away. Bagbahra is about 14 km away. Mahasamund is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.