About Otilgam Village

Otilgam is a mid sized village in Beerwah tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,919, made up of 997 males and 922 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Otilgam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Otilgam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Beerwah
Pincode	193411
Area (hectares)	263.02 hectares
Population	1,919
Male Population	997
Female Population	922
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Otilgam compares

By the 2011 count Otilgam is the 24th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 263.02 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Otilgam

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

Otilgam lies about 8.2 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 6.0 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 Otilgam
Tehsil headquarters	Beerwah	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	6.0 km
District headquarters	Badgam	8.2 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	9.2 km

Villages closest to Otilgam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Otilgam village had a population of 1,919. That makes it the 24th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Otilgam village has 997 males and 922 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Otilgam has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Otilgam is 193411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Otilgam covers 263.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Otilgam falls under Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Otilgam is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 6.0 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 Otilgam.

Otilgam is about 8.2 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Otilgam is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Beerwah is about 3.5 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 6.0 km away. Badgam is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.