About Obra Village

Obra is a mid sized village in Peterwar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 658, made up of 328 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Obra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Obra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Peterwar
Pincode	829121
Area (hectares)	174.59 hectares
Population	658
Male Population	328
Female Population	330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Obra compares

By the 2011 count Obra is the 51st largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,056 residents. Its 174.59 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Obra

Obra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Obra as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Obra from other places

Obra lies about 32 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Harubera, about 17 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 Obra
Nearest town	Kathhāra	15 km
Nearest railway station	Harubera	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Peterwar	32 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	32 km

Villages closest to Obra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Obra village had a population of 658. That makes it the 51st largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,056 residents.

Obra village has 328 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Obra has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Obra is 829121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Obra covers 174.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Obra falls under Peterwar tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Obra is Harubera, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Obra.

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

Obra is in Peterwar tehsil of Bokaro district. Kathhāra is about 15 km away. Harubera is about 17 km away. Peterwar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.