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About Okhamadhi Village

Okhamadhi is a mid sized village in Okhamandal tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 716, made up of 388 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1505.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 361335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okhamadhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okhamadhi village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Jamnagar
Tehsil Okhamandal
Pincode 361335
Area (hectares) 1505.16 hectares
Population 716
Male Population 388
Female Population 328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Okhamadhi compares

By the 2011 count Okhamadhi is the 26th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,318 residents. Its 1505.16 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Okhamadhi

Okhamadhi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Okhamadhi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Okhamadhi from other places

Okhamadhi lies about 108 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Okha Madhi, about under 2 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 Okhamadhi
Nearest railway station Okha Madhi under 2 km
Nearest town Dwārka 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Okhamandal 25 km
District headquarters Jamnagar 108 km

Villages closest to Okhamadhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okhamadhi village had a population of 716. That makes it the 26th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,318 residents.

Okhamadhi village has 388 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okhamadhi has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Okhamadhi is 361335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okhamadhi covers 1505.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Okhamadhi falls under Okhamandal tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Okhamadhi is Okha Madhi, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Okhamadhi.

Okhamadhi is about 108 km from Jamnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okhamadhi is in Okhamandal tehsil of Jamnagar district. Okha Madhi is about under 2 km away. Dwārka is about 22 km away. Okhamandal is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maripur (5.6 km), Navi Dhrevad (6.9 km) and Juni Dhrevad (7.2 km).

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

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