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About Onegara Village

Onegara is a mid sized village in Peshrar tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,030, made up of 533 males and 497 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 841.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Onegara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Onegara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Lohardaga
Tehsil Peshrar
Pincode 835302
Area (hectares) 841.1 hectares
Population 1,030
Male Population 533
Female Population 497
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
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 Onegara compares

By the 2011 count Onegara is the 6th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 425 residents. Its 841.1 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Onegara

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

Onegara lies about 19 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Richughuta, about 14 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 Onegara
Tehsil headquarters Peshrar 12 km
Nearest railway station Richughuta 14 km
District headquarters Lohardaga 19 km
Nearest town Lohārdagā 19 km

Villages closest to Onegara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Onegara village had a population of 1,030. That makes it the 6th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 425 residents.

Onegara village has 533 males and 497 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Onegara has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Onegara is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Onegara covers 841.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Onegara falls under Peshrar tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Onegara is Richughuta, about 14 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 Onegara.

Onegara is about 19 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Onegara is in Peshrar tehsil of Lohardaga district. Peshrar is about 12 km away. Richughuta is about 14 km away. Lohardaga is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pesrar (2.3 km), Rorad (2.4 km) and Kauadanr (2.5 km).

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

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