About Och Kalan Village

Och Kalan is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 161 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,186 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176098, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Och Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Och Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176098
Area (hectares)	176.8 hectares
Population	352
Male Population	161
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,186
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Och Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Och Kalan is the 58th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 176.8 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Och Kalan

Och Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Och Kalan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Och Kalan from other places

Och Kalan lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 24 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 Och Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	24 km
District headquarters	Kangra	32 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	43 km

Villages closest to Och Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaisinghpur 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 Och Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Och Kalan village had a population of 352. That makes it the 58th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Och Kalan village has 161 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Och Kalan has about 1186 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Och Kalan is 176098. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Och Kalan covers 176.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Och Kalan falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Och Kalan is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 24 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 village for Och Kalan.

Och Kalan is about 32 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Och Kalan is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 14 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 24 km away. Kangra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.