About Otar Village

Otar is a large village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,705, made up of 1,356 males and 1,349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Otar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Otar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	465.9 hectares
Population	2,705
Male Population	1,356
Female Population	1,349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Otar compares

By the 2011 count Otar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 465.9 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Otar

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

How far is Otar from other places

Otar lies about 13 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lotapahar, about 4.2 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 Otar
Nearest railway station	Lotapahar	4.2 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	8.8 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	32 km

Villages closest to Otar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Otar village had a population of 2,705. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Otar village has 1,356 males and 1,349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Otar has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Otar is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Otar covers 465.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Otar falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Otar is Lotapahar, about 4.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Otar.

Otar is about 13 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Otar is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Lotapahar is about 4.2 km away. Chakradharpur is about 8.8 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.