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About Oltara Village

Oltara is a mid sized village in Barjora tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 827, made up of 422 males and 405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Oltara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Oltara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Barjora
Pincode 722202
Area (hectares) 214.52 hectares
Population 827
Male Population 422
Female Population 405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Oltara compares

By the 2011 count Oltara is the 74th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 976 residents. Its 214.52 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Oltara

Oltara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Oltara 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Naykona, Nirisha, Nityanandapur and Numuigarya. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Oltara

As per the Census of India 2011, Oltara village had a population of 827. That makes it the 74th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 976 residents.

Oltara village has 422 males and 405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Oltara has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Oltara is 722202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Oltara covers 214.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Oltara falls under Barjora tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Oltara notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Oltara.

Oltara is in Barjora tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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