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About Orparta Village

Orparta is a mid sized village in Barhi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,331, made up of 701 males and 630 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orparta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orparta village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Barhi
Pincode 825413
Area (hectares) 341 hectares
Population 1,331
Male Population 701
Female Population 630
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
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 Orparta compares

By the 2011 count Orparta is the 27th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 341 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Orparta

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

Orparta lies about 38 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Sarmatanr, about 12 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 Orparta
Nearest railway station Sarmatanr 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Barhi 16 km
Nearest town Jhumri Telaiya 18 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 38 km

Villages closest to Orparta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Orparta village had a population of 1,331. That makes it the 27th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Orparta village has 701 males and 630 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orparta has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Orparta is 825413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orparta covers 341 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Orparta falls under Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Orparta is Sarmatanr, about 12 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 Orparta.

Orparta is about 38 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orparta is in Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Sarmatanr is about 12 km away. Barhi is about 16 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bijaia (under 2 km), Belhara (2.7 km) and Bejladih (2.8 km).

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

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