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About Okhargar Village

Okhargar is one of the larger villages in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10,737, made up of 5,660 males and 5,077 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1073.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okhargar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okhargar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Meral
Pincode 822114
Area (hectares) 1073.33 hectares
Population 10,737
Male Population 5,660
Female Population 5,077
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Okhargar compares

By the 2011 count Okhargar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 1073.33 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Okhargar

Okhargar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Okhargar 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Okhargar from other places

Okhargar lies about 6.4 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 5.1 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 Okhargar
Nearest railway station Garwa 5.1 km
District headquarters Garhwa 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Meral 8.4 km

Villages closest to Okhargar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okhargar village had a population of 10,737. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Okhargar village has 5,660 males and 5,077 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okhargar has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Okhargar is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okhargar covers 1073.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Okhargar falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Okhargar is Garwa, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Okhargar.

Okhargar is about 6.4 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okhargar is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Garwa is about 5.1 km away. Garhwa is about 6.4 km away. Meral is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katri (under 2 km), Bauraha (1.7 km) and Sikni (1.9 km).

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

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