About Oil Village

Oil is a mid sized village in Chamba tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 550, made up of 281 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Oil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Oil village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Chamba
Pincode	176310
Area (hectares)	358.29 hectares
Population	550
Male Population	281
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Oil compares

By the 2011 count Oil is the 130th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 358.29 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Oil

Oil is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Oil as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Oil from other places

Oil lies about 16 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 55 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 Oil
Tehsil headquarters	Chamba	16 km
Nearest railway station	Talara	55 km

Villages closest to Oil

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Oil village had a population of 550. That makes it the 130th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Oil village has 281 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Oil has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Oil is 176310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Oil covers 358.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Oil falls under Chamba tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Oil is Talara, about 55 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Oil.

Oil is about 16 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Oil is in Chamba tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 16 km away. Talara is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.