About Olma Village

Olma is a mid sized village in Kokasara tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,271, made up of 612 males and 659 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 487 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766019, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olma village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Kokasara
Pincode	766019
Area (hectares)	487 hectares
Population	1,271
Male Population	612
Female Population	659
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,077
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 Olma compares

By the 2011 count Olma is the 36th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents. Its 487 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Olma

Olma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Olma 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Olma from other places

Olma lies about 16 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Mahipur, about 14 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 Olma
Nearest railway station	Mahipur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kokasara	16 km
District headquarters	Kalahandi	16 km
Nearest town	Bhanjanagar	41 km

Villages closest to Olma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Olma village had a population of 1,271. That makes it the 36th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents.

Olma village has 612 males and 659 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olma has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Olma is 766019. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olma covers 487 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Olma falls under Kokasara tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Olma is Mahipur, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Olma.

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

Olma is in Kokasara tehsil of Kalahandi district. Mahipur is about 14 km away. Kokasara is about 16 km away. Kalahandi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.