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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ROHNI DEWI
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- LGD code
- 367417
- Pincode
- 829202
- Post office
- Balumath
- Population
- 1,717
- Households
- 292
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 635
Census 2011 · in context
How Okea compares
By population, Okea ranks #16 of 67 villages in Balumath mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.6%
+6.3% vs mandal average
Okea53.6%
Balumath mandal47.3%
Latehar district48.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
−52 vs mandal average
Okea912
Balumath mandal964
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.3 vs mandal average
Okea5.9
Balumath mandal5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Okea at a glance
Okea is a village of 1,717 people in 292 households (Census 2011) in Balumath block, Latehar district, Jharkhand, the 16th-largest of 67 villages in Balumath block. Literacy is 54%, 6 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 829202, served by Balumath post office; the LGD village code is 367417. The sarpanch is ROHNI DEWI. The population is estimated at 2,024 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Okea
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LATEHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 75
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHAGEA
- Total area (ha)
- 208
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.65
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Okea
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Okea
- LGD code
- 367417
- Pincode
- 829202
- Post office
- Balumath
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,717
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,024
- Households
- 292
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ROHNI DEWI
- Block / Mandal
- Balumath
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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