About Odar Village

Odar is a mid sized village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 605, made up of 294 males and 311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Odar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Odar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246427
Area (hectares)	236.77 hectares
Population	605
Male Population	294
Female Population	311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,058
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 Odar compares

By the 2011 count Odar is the 30th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 236.77 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Odar

Odar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Odar 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 Odar from other places

Odar lies about 50 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 86 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
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	11 km
Nearest town	Almora	49 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	50 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	86 km

Villages closest to Odar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Odar village had a population of 605. That makes it the 30th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Odar village has 294 males and 311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Odar has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Odar is 246427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Odar covers 236.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Odar falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Odar is Kathgodam, about 86 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 Odar.

Odar is about 50 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Odar is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 11 km away. Almora is about 49 km away. Chamoli is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.