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About Oltari Village

Oltari is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 369, made up of 189 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Oltari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Oltari village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262551
Area (hectares) 233.28 hectares
Population 369
Male Population 189
Female Population 180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Oltari compares

By the 2011 count Oltari is the 55th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 233.28 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Oltari

Oltari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Oltari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Oltari from other places

Oltari lies about 26 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 68 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 Oltari
District headquarters Pithoragarh 26 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 27 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 68 km

Villages closest to Oltari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Oltari village had a population of 369. That makes it the 55th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Oltari village has 189 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Oltari has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Oltari is 262551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Oltari covers 233.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Oltari falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Oltari is Kathgodam, about 68 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 10+ km distance for Oltari.

Oltari is about 26 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Oltari is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Pithoragarh is about 26 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 26 km away. Didihat is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jogyura (3.5 km), Bankoo (4.3 km) and Nakote (4.7 km).

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

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