About Okba Village

Okba is a mid sized village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,120, made up of 541 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 697 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okba village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835229
Area (hectares)	697 hectares
Population	1,120
Male Population	541
Female Population	579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Okba compares

By the 2011 count Okba is the 25th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 697 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Okba

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

Okba lies about 23 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 20 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 Okba
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	20 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	20 km
District headquarters	Gumla	23 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	23 km

Villages closest to Okba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okba village had a population of 1,120. That makes it the 25th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Okba village has 541 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okba has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Okba is 835229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okba covers 697 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Okba falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Okba is Bakaspur, about 20 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 Okba.

Okba is about 23 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okba is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Basia is about 20 km away. Bakaspur is about 20 km away. Gumla is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.