About Othang Village

Othang is a small village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 17 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Othang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Othang village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Udaipur
Pincode	175139
Area (hectares)	40.45 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	17
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Othang compares

By the 2011 count Othang is the 44th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 135 residents. Its 40.45 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Othang

Othang is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Othang 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 Othang from other places

Othang lies about 21 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 67 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 Othang
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipur	20 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	21 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	67 km
Nearest town	Chamba	68 km

Villages closest to Othang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Othang village had a population of 35. That makes it the 44th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 135 residents.

Othang village has 17 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Othang has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Othang is 175139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Othang covers 40.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Othang falls under Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Othang is Zero Point, about 67 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 Othang.

Othang is about 21 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Othang is in Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Udaipur is about 20 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 21 km away. Zero Point is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.