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About Orhaniya Village

Orhaniya is a large village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,132, made up of 1,107 males and 1,025 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4920 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orhaniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orhaniya village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jaisalmer
Tehsil Pokaran
Pincode 345031
Area (hectares) 4920 hectares
Population 2,132
Male Population 1,107
Female Population 1,025
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Orhaniya compares

By the 2011 count Orhaniya is the 23rd largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 4920 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Orhaniya

Orhaniya is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Orhaniya as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orhaniya from other places

Orhaniya lies about 81 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Odhaniya Chacha, about under 2 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 Orhaniya
Nearest railway station Odhaniya Chacha under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Pokaran 20 km
District headquarters Jaisalmer 81 km

Villages closest to Orhaniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Orhaniya village had a population of 2,132. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Orhaniya village has 1,107 males and 1,025 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orhaniya has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Orhaniya is 345031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orhaniya covers 4920 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Orhaniya falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Orhaniya is Odhaniya Chacha, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Orhaniya.

Orhaniya is about 81 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orhaniya is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Odhaniya Chacha is about under 2 km away. Pokaran is about 20 km away. Jaisalmer is about 81 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bodana (under 2 km), Chacha (3.3 km) and Khetolai (6.2 km).

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

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