About Okra Village

Okra is a large village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,184, made up of 1,071 males and 1,113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1033 hectares hectares.

Okra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Area (hectares)	1033 hectares
Population	2,184
Male Population	1,071
Female Population	1,113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Okra compares

By the 2011 count Okra is the 6th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 1033 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Okra

Okra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Okra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Okra from other places

Okra lies about 13 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 9.0 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 Okra
Nearest railway station	Karra	9.0 km
District headquarters	Khunti	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	14 km

Villages closest to Okra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okra village had a population of 2,184. That makes it the 6th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Okra village has 1,071 males and 1,113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okra has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Okra covers 1033 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Okra falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Okra is Karra, about 9.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Okra.

Okra 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.

Okra is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Karra is about 9.0 km away. Khunti is about 13 km away. Torpa is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.