About Orekel Village

Orekel is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 666, made up of 335 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orekel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orekel village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Lapung
Pincode	835234
Area (hectares)	238 hectares
Population	666
Male Population	335
Female Population	331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
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 Orekel compares

By the 2011 count Orekel is the 39th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 238 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Orekel

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

Orekel lies about 49 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 9.4 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 Orekel
Tehsil headquarters	Lapung	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	9.4 km
Nearest town	Khunti	35 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	49 km

Villages closest to Orekel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Orekel village had a population of 666. That makes it the 39th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Orekel village has 335 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orekel has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Orekel is 835234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orekel covers 238 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Orekel falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Orekel is Bakaspur, about 9.4 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 Orekel.

Orekel is about 49 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orekel is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Lapung is about 4.5 km away. Bakaspur is about 9.4 km away. Khunti is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.