About Owala Village

Owala is a mid sized village in Nagbhir tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,391, made up of 713 males and 678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.39 hectares hectares.

Owala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Owala village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Nagbhir
Area (hectares)	237.39 hectares
Population	1,391
Male Population	713
Female Population	678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Owala compares

By the 2011 count Owala is the 23rd largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,201 residents. Its 237.39 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 979.

Getting to Owala

Owala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Owala as Available within village. 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 Owala from other places

Owala lies about 69 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Talodhi Road, about 7.5 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 Owala
Nearest railway station	Talodhi Road	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagbhir	13 km
Nearest town	Bramhapuri	26 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	69 km

Villages closest to Owala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Owala village had a population of 1,391. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,201 residents.

Owala village has 713 males and 678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Owala has about 951 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 979.

Owala covers 237.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Owala falls under Nagbhir tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Owala is Talodhi Road, about 7.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Owala.

Owala is about 69 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Owala is in Nagbhir tehsil of Chandrapur district. Talodhi Road is about 7.5 km away. Nagbhir is about 13 km away. Bramhapuri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.