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About Orbot Village

Orbot is a small village in Boarijor tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 24 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.48 hectares hectares.

Orbot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orbot village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Boarijor
Area (hectares) 106.48 hectares
Population 40
Male Population 24
Female Population 16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Orbot compares

By the 2011 count Orbot is the 261st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 106.48 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Orbot

Orbot 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 Orbot as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orbot from other places

Orbot lies about 36 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 24 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 Orbot
Tehsil headquarters Boarijor 6.0 km
Nearest railway station Kalian Chak 24 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 29 km
District headquarters Godda 36 km

Villages closest to Orbot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Orbot village had a population of 40. That makes it the 261st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Orbot village has 24 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orbot has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Orbot covers 106.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Orbot falls under Boarijor tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Orbot is Kalian Chak, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Orbot.

Orbot is about 36 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orbot is in Boarijor tehsil of Godda district. Boarijor is about 6.0 km away. Kalian Chak is about 24 km away. Sāhibganj is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahula (under 2 km), Pusurkuriya Bedo (under 2 km) and Bara Amarpur (1.7 km).

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

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