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About Okerchuan Village

Okerchuan is a small village in Chandwara tehsil, in the district of Kodarma, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 76 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okerchuan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okerchuan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Kodarma
Tehsil Chandwara
Pincode 825324
Area (hectares) 380 hectares
Population 144
Male Population 76
Female Population 68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Okerchuan compares

By the 2011 count Okerchuan is the 66th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,132 residents. Its 380 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Okerchuan

Okerchuan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Okerchuan 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Okerchuan from other places

Okerchuan lies about 18 km from Kodarma, and the nearest railway station is Nathganj, about 2.7 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 Okerchuan
Nearest railway station Nathganj 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandwara 18 km
District headquarters Kodarma 18 km
Nearest town Jhumri Telaiya 18 km

Villages closest to Okerchuan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okerchuan village had a population of 144. That makes it the 66th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,132 residents.

Okerchuan village has 76 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okerchuan has about 895 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 Okerchuan is 825324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okerchuan covers 380 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Okerchuan falls under Chandwara tehsil of Kodarma district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Okerchuan is Nathganj, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Okerchuan.

Okerchuan is about 18 km from Kodarma in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okerchuan is in Chandwara tehsil of Kodarma district. Nathganj is about 2.7 km away. Chandwara is about 18 km away. Kodarma 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 Birhorwa (1.8 km), Khairachorahi Chatan (2.8 km) and Chhatara (2.8 km).

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

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