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About Olmunda Village

Olmunda is a large village in Sisai tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,340, made up of 1,166 males and 1,174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 817.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olmunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olmunda village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Sisai
Pincode 835302
Area (hectares) 817.23 hectares
Population 2,340
Male Population 1,166
Female Population 1,174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
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 Olmunda compares

By the 2011 count Olmunda is the 8th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents. Its 817.23 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Olmunda

Olmunda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Olmunda 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 Olmunda from other places

Olmunda lies about 20 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 23 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 Olmunda
Tehsil headquarters Sisai 15 km
District headquarters Gumla 20 km
Nearest town Gumlā 20 km
Nearest railway station Bakaspur 23 km

Villages closest to Olmunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Olmunda village had a population of 2,340. That makes it the 8th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents.

Olmunda village has 1,166 males and 1,174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olmunda has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Olmunda is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olmunda covers 817.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Olmunda falls under Sisai tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Olmunda is Bakaspur, about 23 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 Olmunda.

Olmunda is about 20 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olmunda is in Sisai tehsil of Gumla district. Sisai is about 15 km away. Gumla is about 20 km away. Gumlā is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amkuli (2.8 km), Korekera (4.1 km) and Samal (5.7 km).

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

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