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About Otekatta Village

Otekatta is a mid sized village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 935, made up of 471 males and 464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 799.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Otekatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Otekatta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 799.95 hectares
Population 935
Male Population 471
Female Population 464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Otekatta compares

By the 2011 count Otekatta is the 9th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 799.95 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1009.

Getting to Otekatta

Otekatta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Otekatta 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. The nearest villages by name are Nelchang, Newari, Newarkheda and Nirondadih. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Otekatta

As per the Census of India 2011, Otekatta village had a population of 935. That makes it the 9th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Otekatta village has 471 males and 464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Otekatta has about 985 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 1009.

The pincode recorded for Otekatta is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Otekatta covers 799.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Otekatta falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Otekatta notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Otekatta.

Otekatta is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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