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About Olma Village

Olma is a small village in Contai III tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 212 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olma village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Contai III
Pincode 721449
Area (hectares) 37.35 hectares
Population 385
Male Population 212
Female Population 173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 816
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Olma compares

By the 2011 count Olma is the 127th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 951 residents. Its 37.35 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Olma

The census records public bus service for Olma 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Olma from other places

Olma lies about 23 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Nachinda, about 9.8 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 Olma
Nearest railway station Nachinda 9.8 km
Nearest town Contai 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Contai III 23 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 23 km

Villages closest to Olma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Contai III 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 Olma

As per the Census of India 2011, Olma village had a population of 385. That makes it the 127th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 951 residents.

Olma village has 212 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olma has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Olma is 721449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olma covers 37.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Olma falls under Contai III tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Olma is Nachinda, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Olma.

Olma is about 23 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olma is in Contai III tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Nachinda is about 9.8 km away. Contai is about 10 km away. Contai III is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Siuli Bar (9.1 km), Sillibari (10 km) and Nachinda (12 km).

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

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