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About Odar Village

Odar is a mid sized village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 960, made up of 505 males and 455 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284.29 hectares hectares.

Odar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Odar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Area (hectares) 284.29 hectares
Population 960
Male Population 505
Female Population 455
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 901
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Odar compares

By the 2011 count Odar is the 101st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 284.29 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Odar

Odar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Odar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Odar from other places

Odar lies about 46 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khuldil Road, about 22 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 Odar
Nearest railway station Khuldil Road 22 km
Nearest town Singrauli 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal 33 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 46 km

Villages closest to Odar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Odar village had a population of 960. That makes it the 101st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Odar village has 505 males and 455 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Odar has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Odar covers 284.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Odar falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Odar is Khuldil Road, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Odar.

Odar is about 46 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Odar is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Khuldil Road is about 22 km away. Singrauli is about 31 km away. Ghorawal is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kundari (under 2 km), Sahdeapaidar (under 2 km) and Siwadar (under 2 km).

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

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