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About Olam Village

Olam is a mid sized village in Bant tehsil, in the district of Bhadrak, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 775, made up of 386 males and 389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 756114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olam village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Bhadrak
Tehsil Bant
Pincode 756114
Area (hectares) 116 hectares
Population 775
Male Population 386
Female Population 389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Olam compares

By the 2011 count Olam is the 16th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 116 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Olam

Olam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Olam as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Maltira, Mohantia, Narasingpur and Nimapada. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Olam

As per the Census of India 2011, Olam village had a population of 775. That makes it the 16th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Olam village has 386 males and 389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olam has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Olam is 756114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olam covers 116 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Olam falls under Bant tehsil of Bhadrak district in Odisha.

The census record for Olam notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Olam.

Olam is in Bant tehsil of Bhadrak district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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