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About Okhala Village

Okhala is a mid sized village in Barwaha tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 886, made up of 440 males and 446 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 267.71 hectares hectares.

Okhala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okhala village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Barwaha
Area (hectares) 267.71 hectares
Population 886
Male Population 440
Female Population 446
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Okhala compares

By the 2011 count Okhala is the 111th largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 267.71 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Okhala

Okhala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Okhala as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Okhala from other places

Okhala lies about 87 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Mukhtiara Balwada, about 15 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 Okhala
Nearest railway station Mukhtiara Balwada 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Barwaha 24 km
Nearest town Barwāh 24 km
District headquarters Khargone 87 km

Villages closest to Okhala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okhala village had a population of 886. That makes it the 111th largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Okhala village has 440 males and 446 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okhala has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Okhala covers 267.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Okhala falls under Barwaha tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Okhala is Mukhtiara Balwada, about 15 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 village for Okhala.

Okhala is about 87 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okhala is in Barwaha tehsil of Khargone district. Mukhtiara Balwada is about 15 km away. Barwaha is about 24 km away. Barwāh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandupura (under 2 km), Barkhera (3.2 km) and Mundla (4.5 km).

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

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