About Olhaniyan Village

Olhaniyan is a small village in Majhgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 166 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olhaniyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olhaniyan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Majhgaon
Pincode	833214
Area (hectares)	224 hectares
Population	316
Male Population	166
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
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 Olhaniyan compares

By the 2011 count Olhaniyan is the 72nd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 837 residents. Its 224 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1023.

Getting to Olhaniyan

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

Olhaniyan lies about 67 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Māluka, about 28 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 Olhaniyan
Tehsil headquarters	Majhgaon	12 km
Nearest railway station	Māluka	28 km
Nearest town	Karanjiā	30 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	67 km

Villages closest to Olhaniyan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Olhaniyan village had a population of 316. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 837 residents.

Olhaniyan village has 166 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olhaniyan has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Olhaniyan is 833214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olhaniyan covers 224 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Olhaniyan falls under Majhgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Olhaniyan is Māluka, about 28 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 Olhaniyan.

Olhaniyan is about 67 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olhaniyan is in Majhgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Majhgaon is about 12 km away. Māluka is about 28 km away. Karanjiā is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.