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About Olgara Village

Olgara is a mid sized village in Jhalda I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 807, made up of 405 males and 402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olgara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olgara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Jhalda I
Pincode 723202
Area (hectares) 439.17 hectares
Population 807
Male Population 405
Female Population 402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
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 Olgara compares

By the 2011 count Olgara is the 62nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 439.17 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Olgara

Olgara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Olgara 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 Muradi, Nawagar, Nayadi and Nayadi Alias Koradi. 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 Olgara

As per the Census of India 2011, Olgara village had a population of 807. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Olgara village has 405 males and 402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olgara has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Olgara is 723202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olgara covers 439.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Olgara falls under Jhalda I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Olgara 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 Olgara.

Olgara is in Jhalda I tehsil of Puruliya 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 Olgara today is likely to be higher.

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