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About Okhru Village

Okhru is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 52 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okhru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okhru village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171103
Area (hectares) 78.4 hectares
Population 108
Male Population 52
Female Population 56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Okhru compares

By the 2011 count Okhru is the 228th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 78.4 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 987.

Getting to Okhru

Okhru is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Okhru as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Okhru from other places

Okhru lies about 19 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 16 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 Okhru
Nearest railway station Jutogh 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 19 km
District headquarters Shimla 19 km

Villages closest to Okhru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Okhru

As per the Census of India 2011, Okhru village had a population of 108. That makes it the 228th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Okhru village has 52 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okhru has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Okhru is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okhru covers 78.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Okhru falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Okhru is Jutogh, about 16 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Okhru.

Okhru is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okhru is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 16 km away. Shimla Rural is about 19 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kathiana (under 2 km), Jania (under 2 km) and Rug (under 2 km).

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

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