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About Okasi Village

Okasi is a small village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 218 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,188 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.51 hectares hectares.

Okasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okasi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Kirnapur
Area (hectares) 222.51 hectares
Population 477
Male Population 218
Female Population 259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,188
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Okasi compares

By the 2011 count Okasi is the 103rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 222.51 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Okasi

Okasi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Okasi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Okasi from other places

Okasi lies about 16 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Hatta Road, about 5.3 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 Okasi
Nearest railway station Hatta Road 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Kirnapur 10 km
District headquarters Balaghat 16 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 16 km

Villages closest to Okasi

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

Common questions about Okasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Okasi village had a population of 477. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Okasi village has 218 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okasi has about 1188 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Okasi covers 222.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Okasi falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Okasi is Hatta Road, about 5.3 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Okasi.

Okasi is about 16 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okasi is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Hatta Road is about 5.3 km away. Kirnapur is about 10 km away. Balaghat is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Marri (under 2 km), Digoda (1.8 km) and Pathri (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Okasi today is likely to be higher.

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