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About Olda Village

Olda is a small village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 356, made up of 176 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olda village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Sankrail
Pincode 721143
Area (hectares) 88.44 hectares
Population 356
Male Population 176
Female Population 180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
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 Olda compares

By the 2011 count Olda is the 122nd largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 88.44 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Olda

Olda is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Olda 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. The nearest villages by name are Nepura, Nilachigerya, Nischinta and Noagaon. 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 Olda

As per the Census of India 2011, Olda village had a population of 356. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Olda village has 176 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olda has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Olda is 721143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olda covers 88.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Olda falls under Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Olda notes the nearest railway station 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 Olda.

Olda is in Sankrail 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 Olda today is likely to be higher.

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