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About Orhea Village

Orhea is a small village in Bishunpura tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 434, made up of 227 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orhea Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orhea village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Bishunpura
Pincode 822128
Area (hectares) 542 hectares
Population 434
Male Population 227
Female Population 207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Orhea compares

By the 2011 count Orhea is the 17th largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents. Its 542 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Orhea

Orhea is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Orhea as Available within 10+ 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 Orhea from other places

Orhea lies about 11 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Tolra, 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 Orhea
Nearest railway station Tolra 6.0 km
District headquarters Garhwa 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Bishunpura 32 km

Villages closest to Orhea

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Orhea village had a population of 434. That makes it the 17th largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents.

Orhea village has 227 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orhea has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Orhea is 822128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orhea covers 542 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Orhea falls under Bishunpura tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Orhea is Tolra, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Orhea.

Orhea is about 11 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orhea is in Bishunpura tehsil of Garhwa district. Tolra is about 6.0 km away. Garhwa is about 11 km away. Bishunpura is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sandhea (31 km), Mahuli Khurd (32 km) and Bishunpura (32 km).

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

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