About Olhan Village

Olhan is a mid sized village in Bano tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 980, made up of 508 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1122 hectares hectares.

Olhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olhan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Bano
Area (hectares)	1122 hectares
Population	980
Male Population	508
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
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 Olhan compares

By the 2011 count Olhan is the 28th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 1122 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1015.

Getting to Olhan

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

Olhan lies about 51 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 4.7 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 Olhan
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bano	15 km
Nearest town	Khunti	46 km
District headquarters	Simdega	51 km

Villages closest to Olhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Olhan village had a population of 980. That makes it the 28th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Olhan village has 508 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olhan has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Olhan covers 1122 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Olhan falls under Bano tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Olhan is Kurkura, about 4.7 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 Olhan.

Olhan is about 51 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olhan is in Bano tehsil of Simdega district. Kurkura is about 4.7 km away. Bano is about 15 km away. Khunti is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.