About Oskeya Village

Oskeya is a mid sized village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 269 males and 275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Oskeya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Oskeya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	235 hectares
Population	544
Male Population	269
Female Population	275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Oskeya compares

By the 2011 count Oskeya is the 54th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 235 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Oskeya

Oskeya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Oskeya as Available within 5 - 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 Oskeya from other places

Oskeya lies about 13 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, 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 Oskeya
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	4.6 km
District headquarters	Khunti	13 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	20 km

Villages closest to Oskeya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Oskeya village had a population of 544. That makes it the 54th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Oskeya village has 269 males and 275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Oskeya has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Oskeya is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Oskeya covers 235 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Oskeya falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Oskeya is Karra, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Oskeya.

Oskeya is about 13 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Oskeya is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 4.6 km away. Khunti is about 13 km away. Karra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.