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About Odal Village

Odal is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 185, made up of 84 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,202 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Odal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Odal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246128
Area (hectares) 108.26 hectares
Population 185
Male Population 84
Female Population 101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,202
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Odal compares

By the 2011 count Odal is the 135th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 108.26 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Odal

Odal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Odal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Odal from other places

Odal lies about 9.7 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 16 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 Odal
District headquarters Garhwal 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 12 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 16 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 16 km

Villages closest to Odal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Odal village had a population of 185. That makes it the 135th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Odal village has 84 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Odal has about 1202 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Odal is 246128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Odal covers 108.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Odal falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Odal is Kotdwara, about 16 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Odal.

Odal is about 9.7 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Odal is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 9.7 km away. Lansdowne is about 12 km away. Kotdwāra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hatnur (1.9 km), Bagi (2.0 km) and Thar (2.1 km).

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

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