About Okea Village

Okea is a mid sized village in Balumath tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,717, made up of 898 males and 819 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okea Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okea village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Balumath
Pincode	822107
Area (hectares)	208 hectares
Population	1,717
Male Population	898
Female Population	819
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Okea compares

By the 2011 count Okea is the 16th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents. Its 208 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Okea

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

How far is Okea from other places

Okea lies about 40 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Bukru, about 8.0 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 Okea
Nearest railway station	Bukru	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balumath	12 km
Nearest town	Churi	18 km
District headquarters	Latehar	40 km

Villages closest to Okea

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okea village had a population of 1,717. That makes it the 16th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents.

Okea village has 898 males and 819 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okea has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Okea is 822107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okea covers 208 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Okea falls under Balumath tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Okea is Bukru, about 8.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Okea.

Okea is about 40 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okea is in Balumath tehsil of Latehar district. Bukru is about 8.0 km away. Balumath is about 12 km away. Churi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.