About Positra Village

Positra is a mid sized village in Okhamandal tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,719, made up of 899 males and 820 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4476.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 361335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Positra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Positra village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Jamnagar
Tehsil	Okhamandal
Pincode	361335
Area (hectares)	4476.35 hectares
Population	1,719
Male Population	899
Female Population	820
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Positra compares

By the 2011 count Positra is the 7th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,318 residents. Its 4476.35 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Positra

Positra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Positra 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Positra from other places

Positra lies about 92 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Okha, about 13 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 Positra
Nearest railway station	Okha	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Okhamandal	19 km
District headquarters	Jamnagar	92 km

Villages closest to Positra

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.

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Common questions about Positra

As per the Census of India 2011, Positra village had a population of 1,719. That makes it the 7th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,318 residents.

Positra village has 899 males and 820 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Positra has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 976.

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

Positra covers 4476.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Positra falls under Okhamandal tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Positra is Okha, about 13 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Positra.

Positra is about 92 km from Jamnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Positra is in Okhamandal tehsil of Jamnagar district. Okha is about 13 km away. Okhamandal is about 19 km away. Jamnagar is about 92 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.