About Orpara Village

Orpara is a small village in Pakuria tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 481, made up of 256 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orpara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orpara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Pakuria
Pincode	816117
Area (hectares)	144 hectares
Population	481
Male Population	256
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Orpara compares

By the 2011 count Orpara is the 84th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 742 residents. Its 144 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Orpara

Orpara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Orpara as Available within village. 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 Orpara from other places

Orpara lies about 38 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Adalpahari, about 12 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 Orpara
Tehsil headquarters	Pakuria	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Adalpahari	12 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	13 km
District headquarters	Pakur	38 km

Villages closest to Orpara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Orpara village had a population of 481. That makes it the 84th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 742 residents.

Orpara village has 256 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orpara has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Orpara is 816117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orpara covers 144 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Orpara falls under Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Orpara is Adalpahari, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Orpara.

Orpara is about 38 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orpara is in Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district. Pakuria is about 5.3 km away. Adalpahari is about 12 km away. Nalhāti is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.