About Othian Village

Othian is a large village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,236, made up of 1,716 males and 1,520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 671 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143415, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Othian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Othian village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143415
Area (hectares)	671 hectares
Population	3,236
Male Population	1,716
Female Population	1,520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Othian compares

By the 2011 count Othian is the 22nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 671 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Othian

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

Othian lies about 8.7 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Verka Junction, about 3.6 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 Othian
Nearest railway station	Verka Junction	3.6 km
Nearest town	Nangli	8.4 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	29 km

Villages closest to Othian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Othian village had a population of 3,236. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Othian village has 1,716 males and 1,520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Othian has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Othian is 143415. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Othian covers 671 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Othian falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Othian is Verka Junction, about 3.6 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 village for Othian.

Othian is about 8.7 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Othian is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Verka Junction is about 3.6 km away. Nangli is about 8.4 km away. Amritsar is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.