About Oliya Gaon Village

Oliya Gaon is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 135 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Oliya Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Oliya Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	80.78 hectares
Population	286
Male Population	135
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,119
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 Oliya Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Oliya Gaon is the 81st largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 80.78 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 1159.

Getting to Oliya Gaon

Oliya Gaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Oliya Gaon 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 Oliya Gaon from other places

Oliya Gaon lies about 45 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 74 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 Oliya Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	28 km
Nearest town	Almora	36 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	45 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	74 km

Villages closest to Oliya Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gangolihat 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 Oliya Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Oliya Gaon village had a population of 286. That makes it the 81st largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Oliya Gaon village has 135 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Oliya Gaon has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Oliya Gaon is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Oliya Gaon covers 80.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Oliya Gaon falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Oliya Gaon is Kathgodam, about 74 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 Oliya Gaon.

Oliya Gaon is about 45 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Oliya Gaon is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 28 km away. Almora is about 36 km away. Pithoragarh is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.