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About Oro Village

Oro is a small village in Jamboni tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 264 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Oro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Oro village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Jamboni
Pincode 721505
Area (hectares) 143 hectares
Population 492
Male Population 264
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Oro compares

By the 2011 count Oro is the 65th largest of the 269 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 405 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Oro

Oro is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Oro as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Nischinta, Noharia, Nuchda and Nunia. 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 Oro

As per the Census of India 2011, Oro village had a population of 492. That makes it the 65th largest of the 269 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 405 residents.

Oro village has 264 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Oro has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Oro is 721505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Oro covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Oro falls under Jamboni tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Oro notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Oro.

Oro is in Jamboni tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Oro today is likely to be higher.

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